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Where does “diversitas” come from?

diversitas (Latin) comes 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.

diversitas (Latin): contradiction; diversity, difference

Definitions

  1. contradiction; diversity, difference

Ancestry of “diversitas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latindīversus—
2Latindīvertō—
3Latindī-—
4Ancient Greekδί-—
5Ancient Greekδιάthroughout
6Proto-Indo-Europeandwístwice, doubly; in two
7Proto-Indo-Europeandwóh₁two

Words derived from “diversitas”

  • diversity
  • biodiversity
  • agrobiodiversity
  • geodiversity
  • megadiversity
  • microdiversity
  • neurodiversity
  • phytodiversity
  • nondiversity
  • multidiversity
  • antidiversity
  • pyrodiversity
  • paleodiversity
  • overdiversity
  • paleobiodiversity
  • palaeobiodiversity
  • phylodiversity
  • superdiversity
  • ichnodiversity
  • technodiversity
  • ethnodiversity
  • palaeodiversity
  • polydiversity
  • theodiversity
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