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divitis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
divi-tis
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The practice of authoring web-page code with many div elements in place of meaningful semantic HTML elements.

Derogatory; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dyew- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *deywós Proto-Indo-Iranian *daywás Proto-Iranian *daywáh Old Persian 𐎭𐎡𐎺 (d-i-v /⁠daivaʰ⁠⁠/) Middle Persian 𐫅𐫏𐫇 (dyw /⁠dēw⁠/) Iranian Persian دیوْ (div)bor. English div Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῖτις (-îtis)lbor. New Latin -itisder. English -itis English divitis From div + -itis.

Usage

Frequently Paired Words

classitis

Questions

What does divitis mean?
The practice of authoring web-page code with many div elements in place of meaningful semantic HTML elements.
Where does divitis come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dyew- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *deywós Proto-Indo-Iranian *daywás Proto-Iranian *daywáh Old Persian 𐎭𐎡𐎺 (d-i-v /⁠daivaʰ⁠⁠/) Middle Persian 𐫅𐫏𐫇 (dyw /⁠dēw⁠/) Iranian Persian دیوْ (div)bor. English div Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῖτις (-îtis)lbor. New Latin -itisder. English -itis English divitis From div + -itis.

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