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Where does “biodiversité” come from?

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

biodiversité (French): biodiversity

Definitions

  1. biodiversity

Ancestry of “biodiversité”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchdiversitédiversity
2Middle Frenchdiversitédiversity
3Old Frenchdiversité—
4Latindiversitascontradiction; diversity, difference
5Latindīversus—
6Latindīvertō—
7Latindī-—
8Ancient Greekδί-—
9Ancient Greekδιάthroughout
10Proto-Indo-Europeandwístwice, doubly; in two
11Proto-Indo-Europeandwóh₁two
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁ →