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diverge

/dɪˈvɜːdʒ/dih-VURJ
/dɪˈvɝdʒ/dih-VURJ

Meaningto bend apart

Common meaning: to branch off

‘apart’ + ‘to bend, slope’ → diverge

Journey through time

  1. Latinvergō, vergere‘to bend, slope’
  2. Englishdiverge‘to branch off’ · today

di- also in: digestdirectdistildivulgediminish

verg also in: converge

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin vergō ‘to bend, slope’.

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