Where does “divorcing” come from?
Divorcing derives from English divorce, from Old French divorce, from Latin divortium, from Latin divertere meaning to turn away, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European wer-.
divorcing (English): present participle of divorce
Definitions
- present participle of divorce
Ancestry of “divorcing”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | divorce | The legal dissolution of a marriage; A separation... |
| 2 | Old French | divorce | — |
| 3 | Latin | dīvortium | separation |
| 4 | Latin | dīvertere | — |
| 5 | Latin | dīvertō | to separate |
| 6 | Latin | dī- | Two, double; di |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | δί- | Twice, double |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | διά | throughout |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dwís | twice, doubly; in two |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dwóh₁ | two |