Where does “divulged” come from?
Divulged comes from Latin divulgāre, composed of the prefix dis- (meaning "apart") and vulgāre (meaning "to make common"), ultimately deriving from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁.
divulged (English): past participle of divulge
Definitions
- past participle of divulge
Ancestry of “divulged”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | divulge | To make public or known; to communicate to the... |
| 2 | Latin | divulgare | present active infinitive of dīvulgō;... |
| 3 | Latin | vulgare | commonly, usually, popularly, vulgarly;... |
| 4 | Latin | vulgāris | common, usual, commonly known |
| 5 | Latin | -āris | first conjugation |
| 6 | Latin | -ālis | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -ālis | forms relational adjectives |