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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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divide XIV. — L.
dīvidere cleave, apportion, separate, f.
DI- 1 + *
videre, f. IE. *
widh- (see
WIDOW).
So
dividend portion of anything divided. XVI. — AN.
dividende — L.
dīvidendum, sb. use of n. gerundive of
dīvidere.
divider XVI.
pl. dividing compasses XVIII.
division XIV. — OF.
devisiun (mod.
division) — L.
divisor (math.) XV. — F. or L.; see
-OR 1.
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