Where does “diversità” come from?
diversità (Italian) comes 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, from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁ — two.
diversità (Italian): difference; variety, diversity
Definitions
- difference; variety, diversity
Ancestry of “diversità”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | diversitas | contradiction; diversity, difference |
| 2 | Latin | dīversus | — |
| 3 | Latin | dīvertō | — |
| 4 | Latin | dī- | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | δί- | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | διά | throughout |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dwís | twice, doubly; in two |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dwóh₁ | two |
Words derived from “diversità”