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cernere
Latin · ancient
"to sift, to distinguish"
to sift, to distinguish, combined with dis- (apart)
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Stage 2 of 3
discernere
Latin · ancient
"to sift apart, to discern"
to sift apart, to discern, with irregular past participle discretus
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discrete
English · 1300s
"individually separate and distinct"
settled as the English word for something individually separate and distinct
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