Where does “divertee” come from?

divertee (English) comes from English divert, from Middle English diverten, from Old French divertir — to turn or go different ways, part, separate,...

divertee (English): One who is diverted from prison

Definitions

  1. One who is diverted from prison

Ancestry of “divertee”, step by step

divertee traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English divert

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdivertTo turn aside from a course; To distract; To...
2Middle Englishdiverten—
3Old Frenchdivertirto turn or go different ways, part, separate,...

via English EE

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishEEInitialism of electrical engineering
2Cantonese噫—
Every word from Old French divertir →Every word from Middle English diverten →Every word from English divert →