Different
late Middle English: via Old French from Latin different- ‘carrying away, differing’, from the verb differre (see differ).
wiktionary
From Middle English different, from Old French different, from Latin differēns, present active participle of differō(“I differ”); see differ.
etymonline
different (adj.)
late 14c., "not the same, unlike, dissimilar in nature or quality as well as state of being," from Old French different (14c.), from Latin differentem (nominative differens) "differing, different," present participle of differre "to set apart," from assimilated form of dis- "apart, away from" (see dis-) + ferre "to bear, carry," from PIE root *bher- (1) "to carry." Colloquial sense of "special, out of the ordinary" is attested by 1912. Related: Differently.
