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Where does “Biodiversität” come from?

Biodiversität (German) comes from German Diversität, from Latin diversitas, from Latin dīversus, from Latin dīvertō, from Latin dī-, from Ancient Greek δί-, from Ancient Greek διά, from Proto-Indo-European dwís — two.

Biodiversität (German): biodiversity

Definitions

  1. biodiversity

Ancestry of “Biodiversität”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanDiversitätdiversity
2Latindiversitascontradiction; diversity, difference
3Latindīversus—
4Latindīvertō—
5Latindī-—
6Ancient Greekδί-—
7Ancient Greekδιάthroughout
8Proto-Indo-Europeandwístwice, doubly; in two
9Proto-Indo-Europeandwóh₁two
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁ →