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divulge

/dɪˈvʌldʒ/dih-VUHLJ
/dɪˈvʌldʒ/dih-VUHLJ

Meaningto spread among the people

Common meaning: to make a secret known

‘apart’ + ‘the common people’ → divulge

Journey through time

  1. Latinvulgus‘the common people’
  2. Englishdivulge‘to make a secret known’ · today

di- also in: digestdirectdistildivergediminish

vulg also in: vulgar

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.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin vulgus ‘the common people’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry vulgus, p. 2015 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • vulgus Latin “the common people”

Related words

vulgar

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