Where does “dives” come from?

dives (English) comes from English dive, from Middle English diven, from Old English dūfan, from Proto-West Germanic *dūban, from Proto-Germanic dūbaną — to dive, to sink.

dives (English): plural of dive; Third-person singular simple...

Definitions

  1. plural of dive; Third-person singular simple...

Ancestry of “dives”, 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
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