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Where does “dives” come from?

dives (Latin) comes from Proto-Indo-European deywós, from Proto-Indo-European dyew- — to be bright; sky, heaven.

dives (Latin): rich, wealthy; productive, fertile; talented

Definitions

  1. rich, wealthy; productive, fertile; talented

Ancestry of “dives”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeandeywósgod
2Proto-Indo-Europeandyew-to be bright; sky, heaven

Words derived from “dives”

  • dilapidated
  • dilapidation
  • dilapidate
  • ditation
  • undilapidated
  • dilapidator
  • dilapidatedness
  • dilapidatedly
  • Dives
  • ditandus
  • ditatus
  • dilapidatus
  • ditare
  • discordo
  • divitiae
  • discordare
  • perdives
  • ditans
  • ditaturus
  • dito
  • dis
  • diviti
  • dilapido
  • discordans
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