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Where does “divorciar” come from?

divorciar (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese divórcio, from Latin dīvortium, from Latin dīvertere, from Latin dīvertō, from Latin dī-, from Ancient Greek δί-, from Ancient Greek διά, from Proto-Indo-European dwís — two.

divorciar (Portuguese): to divorce

Definitions

  1. to divorce

Ancestry of “divorciar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesedivórciodivorce
2Latindīvortium—
3Latindīvertere—
4Latindīvertō—
5Latindī-—
6Ancient Greekδί-—
7Ancient Greekδιάthroughout
8Proto-Indo-Europeandwístwice, doubly; in two
9Proto-Indo-Europeandwóh₁two
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁ →