英文词源
- divorce
- divorce: see diverse
- divorce (n.)
- late 14c., from Old French divorce (14c.), from Latin divortium "separation, dissolution of marriage," from divertere "to separate, leave one's husband, turn aside" (see divert). Not distinguished in English from legal separation until mid-19c.
- divorce (v.)
- late 14c., from Old French divorcer, from divorce (see divorce (n.)). Related: Divorced; divorcing.
中文词源
词源同divert, 转开。引申词义离婚。
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：divorce 词源，divorce 含义。
来源于拉丁语中由前缀di-(旁)和动词vertere(转)组成的复合动词divertere(转变方向,转出通道)。经拉丁语变体divortere派生了英语divorce。
词根词缀： di-旁 + vorc(-vers-)转 + -e → 把丈夫或妻子转出通道
