Variety
/vəˈraɪ.ə.ti/noun
The quality or state of being different or diverse; a number of different things of the same general kind.
Did you know?The word ultimately comes from Latin varius, meaning “variegated” or “changeable,” the same root that gave English words tied to shifting, mixed, and altered states.
Etymological Timeline
Latin
Latin
varius
“varied, changeable, diverse, variegated”
Late Latin
Latin
varietas
“difference, diversity, variety”
Old French
Old French
variete
“variety, diversity”
14th Century
English
variete
“diversity; state of being varied”
Modern English
English
variety
“a range of different things; the state of being diverse”