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Where does “divorcé” come from?

divorcé (English) comes from French divorcé, from Italian divorzio, from Spanish divorcio, from Portuguese divórcio, from Latin dīvortium, from Latin dīvertere, from Latin dīvertō, from Latin dī- — two.

divorcé (English): A divorced man

Definitions

  1. A divorced man

Ancestry of “divorcé”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchdivorcépast participle of divorcer
2Italiandivorziodivorce; first-person plural present active...
3Spanishdivorciodivorce
4Portuguesedivórciodivorce
5Latindīvortium—
6Latindīvertere—
7Latindīvertō—
8Latindī-—
9Ancient Greekδί-—
10Ancient Greekδιάthroughout
11Proto-Indo-Europeandwístwice, doubly; in two
12Proto-Indo-Europeandwóh₁two
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