English
dive
Dive comes from Middle English diven.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500diven
- Englishearliest quotation 1668dive
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500diven
- Englishearliest quotation 1668dive
Earliest quotation: 1668, John Denham: “The Curtii bravely dived the gulf of flame.”
Every English word from Middle English diven
Today it means
verb To swim under water.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English diven / dive