Where does “divorciar” come from?

divorciar (Galician) comes from Galician divorcio, from Latin dīvortium, from Latin dīvertere, from Latin dīvertō, from Latin dī-, from Ancient Greek δί-, from Ancient Greek διά, from Proto-Indo-European dwís — two.

divorciar (Galician): to divorce to legally dissolve a marriage

Definitions

  1. to divorce to legally dissolve a marriage

Ancestry of “divorciar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galiciandivorciodivorce the legal dissolution of a marriage
2Latindīvortiumseparation
3Latindīvertere
4Latindīvertōto separate
5Latindī-Two, double; di
6Ancient Greekδί-Twice, double
7Ancient Greekδιάthroughout
8Proto-Indo-Europeandwístwice, doubly; in two
9Proto-Indo-Europeandwóh₁two
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁Every word from Proto-Indo-European dwísEvery word from Ancient Greek διά