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
- simple past tense and past participle of dive;...
Ancestry of “dived”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | dive | To swim under water; To jump into water... |
| 2 | Middle English | diven | — |
| 3 | Old English | dūfan | to duck, dive, sink, penetrate; to dive |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *dūban | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | dūbaną | to dive, to sink |
Words derived from “dived”