Where does “divorceless” come from?
divorceless (English) comes from English divorcé, from French divorcé, from Italian divorzio, from Spanish divorcio, from Portuguese divórcio, from Latin dīvortium, from Latin dīvertere, from Latin dīvertō — two.
divorceless (English): Without divorces; Incapable of being divorced or...
Definitions
- Without divorces; Incapable of being divorced or...
Ancestry of “divorceless”, step by step
divorceless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English divorcé
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | divorcé | A divorced man |
| 2 | French | divorcé | past participle of divorcer |
| 3 | Italian | divorzio | divorce; first-person plural present active... |
| 4 | Spanish | divorcio | divorce |
| 5 | Portuguese | divórcio | divorce |
| 6 | Latin | dīvortium | separation |
| 7 | Latin | dīvertere | — |
| 8 | Latin | dīvertō | to separate |
| 9 | Latin | dī- | Two, double; di |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | δί- | Twice, double |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | διά | throughout |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | dwís | twice, doubly; in two |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | dwóh₁ | two |