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Where does “nondiversity” come from?

nondiversity (English) comes from English diversity, from Middle English diversite, from Old French diversité, from Latin diversitas, from Latin dīversus, from Latin dīvertō, from Latin dī-, from Ancient Greek δί- — two.

nondiversity (English): Lack of diversity

Definitions

  1. Lack of diversity

Ancestry of “nondiversity”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdiversityThe quality of being diverse or different;...
2Middle Englishdiversitedifference, distinctness; deviation, diversion;...
3Old Frenchdiversité—
4Latindiversitascontradiction; diversity, difference
5Latindīversus—
6Latindīvertō—
7Latindī-—
8Ancient Greekδί-—
9Ancient Greekδιάthroughout
10Proto-Indo-Europeandwístwice, doubly; in two
11Proto-Indo-Europeandwóh₁two
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