Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

divorcement

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.39 in modern English

Syllables
di-vorce-ment
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Divorce; dissolution of a marriage.

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

noun

Complete detachment or disunion.

Countable; Uncountable

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Etymology

Etymology tree English divorce Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English divorcement From divorce + -ment.

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Questions

What does divorcement mean?
Divorce; dissolution of a marriage.
Where does divorcement come from?
Etymology tree English divorce Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English divorcement From divorce + -ment.

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