Where does “diversité” come from?

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

diversité (French): diversity

Definitions

  1. diversity

Ancestry of “diversité”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchdiversitédiversity
2Old Frenchdiversité
3Latindiversitascontradiction; diversity, difference
4Latindīversusopposite
5Latindīvertōto separate
6Latindī-Two, double; di
7Ancient Greekδί-Twice, double
8Ancient Greekδιάthroughout
9Proto-Indo-Europeandwístwice, doubly; in two
10Proto-Indo-Europeandwóh₁two

Words derived from “diversité

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁Every word from Proto-Indo-European dwísEvery word from Ancient Greek διά