English

gray divorce

From gray + divorce.

A compound of gray + divorce

Proto-Germanic *grēwaz ‘grey’

Proto-West Germanic *grāg

Old English grǣġ ‘grey’

Middle English gray

English gray

Proto-Indo-European *wert- ‘to turn’

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Latin vertō ‘to turn’

Latin dīvertō ‘to turn aside’

Latin dīvortium ‘separation’

Old French divorce

Today it means

noun A divorce occurring between senior or elderly individuals, usually after a long-term marriage.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / gray divorce