Where does “divorcé” come from?
divorcé (French) comes from Italian divorzio, from Spanish divorcio, from Portuguese divórcio, from Latin dīvortium, from Latin dīvertere, from Latin dīvertō, from Latin dī-, from Ancient Greek δί- — two.
divorcé (French): past participle of divorcer
Definitions
- past participle of divorcer
Ancestry of “divorcé”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | divorzio | divorce; first-person plural present active... |
| 2 | Spanish | divorcio | divorce |
| 3 | Portuguese | divórcio | divorce |
| 4 | Latin | dīvortium | separation |
| 5 | Latin | dīvertere | — |
| 6 | Latin | dīvertō | to separate |
| 7 | Latin | dī- | Two, double; di |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | δί- | Twice, double |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | διά | throughout |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dwís | twice, doubly; in two |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dwóh₁ | two |