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
- diversity
Ancestry of “diversité”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | diversité | diversity |
| 2 | Old French | diversité | — |
| 3 | Latin | diversitas | contradiction; diversity, difference |
| 4 | Latin | dīversus | opposite |
| 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 |