English
division
Division comes from Middle English divisioun, from Old French division, from Latin dīvīsiō, from dīvīsus, past participle of dīvidō.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdīvidō‘to divide’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdīvīsus‘divided’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdīvīsiō
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400division
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500divisioun‘division’
- Englishearliest quotation 2021division
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdīvidō‘to divide’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdīvīsus‘divided’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdīvīsiō
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400division
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500divisioun‘division’
- Englishearliest quotation 2021division
Earliest quotation: 2021, Jennifer Hansler, Pompeo attacks multiculturalism, saying it is ‘not who Ameri: “Woke-ism, multiculturalism, all the -isms — they’re not who…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁- ‘to divide’
wide, wood, widow, fid, 12 more
through Latin *vidō ‘to separate’
through Latin dīvidō ‘divide’
through Latin dīvīsus ‘divided’
Today it means
noun The act or process of dividing anything.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin dīvidō / division