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Diverse

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means showing a great deal of variety, made up of distinct elements
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Stage 1 of 2
diversus
Latin · ancient
"turned different ways"
turned different ways, from dis- (apart) and vertere (to turn)
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Stage 2 of 2
diverse
English · 1300s
"showing a great deal of variety"
settled as the English word for showing a great deal of variety
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