The story
- Latin · derived fromdi-“apart”
- Old French · derived fromdivertir“to turn or go different ways, part, separate, divert”
- Middle English · derived fromdiverten
- English todaydivert
From Middle English diverten, Old French divertir (“to turn or go different ways, part, separate, divert”), from Latin di- (“apart”) + vertere (“to turn”); see verse.
Words from the same roots
Latindi- all →
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.