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Where does “diverse” come from?

diverse (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from French divers, 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.

diverse (Norwegian Bokmål): diverse, various, sundry, miscellaneous; Capable...

Definitions

  1. diverse, various, sundry, miscellaneous; Capable...

Ancestry of “diverse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchdiversvarious; varying
2Latindīversus—
3Latindīvertō—
4Latindī-—
5Ancient Greekδί-—
6Ancient Greekδιάthroughout
7Proto-Indo-Europeandwístwice, doubly; in two
8Proto-Indo-Europeandwóh₁two
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