Where does “divorcer” come from?
divorcer (French) comes from French divorcé, from Italian divorzio, from Spanish divorcio, from Portuguese divórcio, from Latin dīvortium, from Latin dīvertere, from Latin dīvertō, from Latin dī- — two.
divorcer (French): to divorce; to get divorced, to divorce one...
Definitions
- to divorce; to get divorced, to divorce one...
Ancestry of “divorcer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | divorcé | past participle of divorcer |
| 2 | Italian | divorzio | divorce; first-person plural present active... |
| 3 | Spanish | divorcio | divorce |
| 4 | Portuguese | divórcio | divorce |
| 5 | Latin | dīvortium | separation |
| 6 | Latin | dīvertere | — |
| 7 | Latin | dīvertō | to separate |
| 8 | Latin | dī- | Two, double; di |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | δί- | Twice, double |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | διά | throughout |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dwís | twice, doubly; in two |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | dwóh₁ | two |