Etymology

diversity

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Today it means: The quality of being diverse or different; a difference or unlikeness. Full definition →

Middle English diversite ← Old French diversité ← Latin dīversitās
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  1. Latin · derived fromdīversitās
  2. Old French · derived fromdiversité
  3. Middle English · inherited fromdiversite
  4. English todaydiversity

From Middle English diversite, from Old French diversité, from Latin dīversitās, equivalent to diverse + -ity. Displaced native Old English mislīcnes.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.