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
- to divorce to legally dissolve a marriage
Ancestry of “divorciar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galician | divorcio | divorce the legal dissolution of a marriage |
| 2 | Latin | dīvortium | separation |
| 3 | Latin | dīvertere | — |
| 4 | Latin | dīvertō | to separate |
| 5 | Latin | dī- | Two, double; di |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | δί- | Twice, double |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | διά | throughout |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dwís | twice, doubly; in two |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dwóh₁ | two |