"divorce" in seven languages
Meaningdivorce
Spanish
divorcio
/diˈboɾθjo/
masc.learned
French
divorce
/divɔʁs/
masc.learned
Italian
divorzio
/diˈvɔrtsjo/
masc.learned
Portuguese
divórcio
/dʒiˈvɔhsju/
masc.learned
Romanian
divorț
/diˈvorts/
neut.learned
Catalan
divorci
/diˈborsi/
masc.learned
English
divorce
/dɪˈvɔɹs/
from Latin/French · Old French divorce
English → ItaliandivorcedivorzioCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
DĪVORTIUM‘separation; a fork in the road’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
DĪVORTIUM comes from DĪVERTERE 'to turn apart', so a divorce is where two roads split. Spanish and Italian keep the Latin -ium as -io; French and English cut it to -ce.
English relatives: divert, diverse, version
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In a sentence
- esPidieron el divorcio después de diez años.
- frIls ont demandé le divorce après dix ans.
- itHanno chiesto il divorzio dopo dieci anni.
- ptEles pediram o divórcio depois de dez anos.
- roAu cerut divorțul după zece ani.
- caVan demanar el divorci després de deu anys.
- enThey asked for a divorce after ten years.