Etymograph

English

dividual

Dividual comes from Latin dividuus ‘divisible’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁- ‘to separate, divide’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁weydʰh₁-1‘to separate, divide’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wiðō1reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CE*vidō1reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdīvid(ō)1
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdividuus2‘divisible’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1644dividual2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin dividuus
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English dividual
  3. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1644, John Milton: “So that a man may say his religion is…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁weydʰh₁-Wiktionary, Latin dividuus‘to separate, divide’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wiðōWiktionary, Latin dividuusreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CE*vidōWiktionary, Latin dividuusreconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdīvid(ō)Wiktionary, Latin dividuus
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdividuusWiktionary, English dividual‘divisible’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1644dividualWiktionary, English dividual. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1644, John Milton: “So that a man may say his religion is…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁- ‘to separate, divide’

wood, wide, widow, fid, 13 more

through Latin *vidō

device, division, devise, divisible, 9 more

Today it means

adj Separate, distinct.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “dividual”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin dividuus. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁- / dividual

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