Where does “diving” come from?

Diving derives from English dive, which comes from English diva, borrowed from Italian diva, from Latin diva, the feminine form of divus meaning divine or godlike, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European deywós.

diving (English): present participle of dive; The action of the...

Definitions

  1. present participle of dive; The action of the...

Ancestry of “diving”, 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 “diving

Every word from Proto-Germanic dūbaną
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