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diversification
Diversification comes from Latin diversus ‘turned in different ways’, from dīvertō ‘to divert or turn away’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wert-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wert-‘to turn, to rotate, spin’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*wértetor‘to turn, be turning’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wertō‘to turn’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvertō‘to turn, turn oneself, direct one's way, to turn about, turn around, revolve’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdīvertō‘to divert or turn away’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdiversus‘turned in different ways’
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500diversificatiō
- Englishearliest quotation 2024diversification
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
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- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wert-‘to turn, to rotate, spin’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*wértetor‘to turn, be turning’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wertō‘to turn’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvertō‘to turn, turn oneself, direct one's way, to turn about, turn around, revolve’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdīvertō‘to divert or turn away’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdiversus‘turned in different ways’
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500diversificatiō
- Englishearliest quotation 2024diversification
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Equivalent to diverse + -ification
Proto-Indo-European *wert- ‘to rotate’
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Latin dīvertō ‘to divert, turn away’
Latin dīversus ‘different, diverse’
Anglo-Norman divers
Middle English divers ‘different, divergent’
English diverse
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *wert- ‘to turn, to rotate, spin’
word, worth, weird, ridiculous, universe, ridicule, invert, derision, deride, wurst, derisive, extraversion, 59 more
through Proto-Italic *wertō ‘to turn’
adverse, inverse, transverse, perverse, introvert, averse, vertebrate, inversion, aversion, vertebra, evert, perversion, reversion, vertiginous, 42 more
through Latin vertō ‘to turn, turn oneself, direct one's way, to…’
university, version, divorce, conversation, versus, verse, vertical, advertisement, vortex, advert, convertible, versatile, revert, pervert, vertex, adversity, avert, vertigo, subvert, vert, verso, perversity, 55 more
Today it means
noun The act, or the result, of diversifying.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *wert- / diversification