Where does “dived” come from?

Dived comes from the English verb dive, which derives from English diva, Italian diva, Latin diva, Latin divus meaning godlike, and Proto-Indo-European deywós and dyew-.

dived (English): simple past tense and past participle of dive;...

Definitions

  1. simple past tense and past participle of dive;...

Ancestry of “dived”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdiveTo swim under water; To jump into water...
2Middle Englishdiven
3Old Englishdūfanto duck, dive, sink, penetrate; to dive
4Proto-West Germanic*dūbanto dive
5Proto-Germanicdūbanąto dive, to sink

Words derived from “dived

Every word from Proto-Germanic dūbaną