Where does the word "divorce" come from?


	Where does the word "divorce" come from?

adamc

10-10-2006 4:14 PM

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divorce, word, etymology, language, robin williams, funny, humor, latin

adamc says:

I had absolutely no idea that's what it meant!

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10-10-2006 4:53 PM

dfiskey

lol

10-10-2006 8:11 PM

egoldstein

funny!

10-10-2006 8:48 PM

NoRest

LOL Thanks for the giggle

10-11-2006 12:39 AM

adamc

Anything to keep you goin NoRest

10-11-2006 8:10 PM

RecordSage

10-16-2006 1:40 PM

padzilla

Personally I always wondered if the word "engaged" was a derivative of the latin word for "to gag"

10-16-2006 7:50 PM

sohil

Haha nice one pad.

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