- variant (n.)
[variant 词源字典]
- :something substantially the same, but in different form," 1848, from variant (adj.).[variant etymology, variant origin, 英语词源]
- variant (adj.)
- late 14c., "tending to change," from Old French variant and directly from Latin variantem (nominative varians), present participle of variare "to change" (see vary).