Diversos i dispars poden tenir significats molt propers. "Hi participen persones de diversos orígens o d'orígens dispars" no tenen una gran diferència. Dispars remarca amb més força que són orígens diversos.
En anglès en diuen several i disparate. Tenen orígens en dues paraules llatines germanes lèxicament i semànticament: se-parare i dis-parare. Totes dues venen de l'arrel parare (preparar) i comparteixen el mateix significat de separar.
disparate (dĭs'pər-ĭt, dĭ-spăr'ĭt): Latin disparātus, past participle of disparāre, to separate : dis-, apart; see dis- + parāre, to prepare.
adj.
Fundamentally distinct or different in kind; entirely dissimilar: "This mixture of apparently disparate materials-scandal and spiritualism, current events and eternal recurrences-is not promising on the face of it" (Gary Wills).
Containing or composed of dissimilar or opposing elements: a disparate group of people who represented a cross section of the city.
Fundamentally distinct or different in kind; entirely dissimilar: "This mixture of apparently disparate materials-scandal and spiritualism, current events and eternal recurrences-is not promising on the face of it" (Gary Wills).
Containing or composed of dissimilar or opposing elements: a disparate group of people who represented a cross section of the city.
several (sĕv'ər-əl, sĕv'rəl): Middle English, separate, from Anglo-Norman, from Medieval Latin sēparālis, sēperālis, from Latin sēpar, from sēparāre, to separate. See separate.
adj.
Being of a number more than two or three but not many: several miles away.
Single; distinct: "Pshaw! said I, with an air of carelessness, three several times" (Laurence Sterne).
Respectively different; various: They parted and went their several ways. See synonyms at distinct.
Law. Relating separately to each party of a bond or note.pron. (used with a pl. verb)
An indefinite but small number; some or a few: Several of the workers went home sick.
Being of a number more than two or three but not many: several miles away.
Single; distinct: "Pshaw! said I, with an air of carelessness, three several times" (Laurence Sterne).
Respectively different; various: They parted and went their several ways. See synonyms at distinct.
Law. Relating separately to each party of a bond or note.pron. (used with a pl. verb)
An indefinite but small number; some or a few: Several of the workers went home sick.
Per cert, disparate no té res a veure amb el nostre disbarat! El disbarat es relaciona amb el verb baratar, d'un preromà, probablement cèltic, mrath- (frau, sedició).
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