Etymology

dividable

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Today it means: Capable of being divided (into fractions or parts). Full definition →

English divide ← Middle English dividen ← Latin dīvidō
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  3. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  4. Proto-Italic*dis-
  5. Latindis-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  7. Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₁weydʰh₁-
  10. Proto-Italic*wiðō
  11. Latin*vidō
  12. Latindīvidō
  13. Middle Englishdividen
  14. Englishdivide
  15. English todaydividable

From divide + -able.

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