Etymology

divorce

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Today it means: The legal dissolution of a marriage. Full definition →

Old French divorce ← Latin dīvortium
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  1. Latin · derived fromdīvortium
  2. Old French · derived fromdivorce
  3. English todaydivorce

Derived from Old French divorce, from Latin dīvortium, from dīvertere (“to turn aside”), from dī- (“apart”) + vertere (“to turn”); see verse.

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