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Where does “diversiteit” come from?

diversiteit (Middle Dutch) comes from Middle French diversité, from Old French diversité, from Latin diversitas, from Latin dīversus, from Latin dīvertō, from Latin dī-, from Ancient Greek δί-, from Ancient Greek διά — two.

Ancestry of “diversiteit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchdiversitédiversity
2Old Frenchdiversité—
3Latindiversitascontradiction; diversity, difference
4Latindīversus—
5Latindīvertō—
6Latindī-—
7Ancient Greekδί-—
8Ancient Greekδιάthroughout
9Proto-Indo-Europeandwístwice, doubly; in two
10Proto-Indo-Europeandwóh₁two

Words derived from “diversiteit”

  • biodiversiteit
  • diversiteit
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