diversitas

Indonesian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin dīversitās.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [divɛrˈsitas]
• Hyphenation: di‧vèr‧si‧tas
• Rhymes: -tas, -as, -s

Noun

divèrsitas (first-person possessive diversitasku, second-person possessive diversitasmu, third-person possessive diversitasnya)

1. diversity

   Synonyms: keragaman, perbedaan

Alternative forms

• diversiti (Standard Malay)

Derived terms

• diversitas aspek

 

Related terms

• biodiversitas

 

Further reading

• “diversitas” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Latin

Etymology

diversus +‎ -tas

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /diˈu̯er.si.tas/, [d̪iˈu̯ɛrs̠ɪt̪äs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /diˈver.si.tas/, [d̪iˈvɛrsit̪äs]

Noun

dīversitās f (genitive dīversitātis); third declension

1. contradiction
2. diversity, difference

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dīversitās	dīversitātēs
Genitive	dīversitātis	dīversitātum
Dative	dīversitātī	dīversitātibus
Accusative	dīversitātem	dīversitātēs
Ablative	dīversitāte	dīversitātibus
Vocative	dīversitās	dīversitātēs

Descendants

• Asturian: diversidá
• Catalan: diversitat
• → Danish: diversitet
• Galician: diversidade
• → German: Diversität
• → Indonesian: biodiversitas (learned)
• Italian: diversità
• Occitan: diversitat
• Old French: diversité
  • → Middle English: diversite, diversete, divercite, dyversitee, dyversite
    • English: diversity
    • Scots: diversitie, diversitee
  • Middle French: diversité
    • French: diversité
• Piedmontese: diversità
• Portuguese: diversidade
• Romanian: diversitate
• Spanish: diversidad

References

• “diversitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “diversitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• diversitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.