Diverse
/daɪˈvɜːrs/noun
Showing a great deal of variety; very different from each other.
Did you know?“Diverse” comes from Latin *diversus*, literally “turned in different directions,” from *divertere*—the same ancient motion-root that gave English *divorce* and *diversion*.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*wer-
“to turn, bend”
Latin
Latin
vertere
“to turn”
Latin
Latin
divertere
“to turn aside, go different ways”
Latin
Latin
diversus
“turned different ways; varied, unlike”
Old French
Old French
divers
“different, various”
Middle English
English
diverse
“various, several, of different kinds”
Modern English
English
diverse
“showing a great deal of variety; very different from each other”