The story
- Latin · derived fromdis-“apart”
- English todaydivergent
From Latin dis- (“apart”) + vergere (“to turn”) + the adjectival suffix -ent.
Words from the same roots
Latindis- all →
displaydiscountsportdinnerdiscoverdebatedisclosedeploydisguisedisastrousdissdefydefeasiblederaydes-di-dis-discomfitdisheritdisservedisseverdisterdivagate
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.