Back to all words

Divert

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means to turn something aside from its course, or to distract and amuse
1
Stage 1 of 2
divertere
Latin · ancient
"to turn in different directions"
to turn in different directions, from dis- (apart) and vertere (to turn)
2
Stage 2 of 2
divert
English · 1400s
"to turn something aside from its course"
settled as the English word for turning something aside from its course
Drag to pan · scroll to zoom