Etymology

diversification

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Today it means: The act, or the result, of diversifying. Full definition →

Medieval Latin diversificatiō ← Latin diversus
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromdiversus“turned in different ways”
  2. Medieval Latin · borrowed fromdiversificatiō
  3. English todaydiversification

From Medieval Latin diversificatiō, from diversificātus, past participle of diversificō (“diversify”), from Latin diversus (“turned in different ways”) + faciō (“make, do”). By surface analysis, diverse + -ification.

Words from the same roots

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