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diver

/ˈdaɪvə/DIGH-vur
/ˈdaɪvɚ/DIGH-vur

Meaningone who dives

Common meaning: a person who dives or swims underwater

Journey through time

  1. Old Englishdyfan‘plunge under water’sourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishdiuensource
  3. Englishdive‘plunge into water’
  4. Englishformed in English from divediver‘a person who dives or swims underwater’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from dive + -er.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), DIVE, p.174 · scan

Source words

  • dyfan Old English · source word “plunge under water”

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