From Latin 'diversus' (turned different ways) — 'dis-' + 'vertere' (to turn), from PIE *wert- (to turn).
Showing a great deal of variety; including people of different races, cultures, or backgrounds.
From Old French 'divers' (various, many kinds of), from Latin 'dīversus' (turned in different directions, opposite, various), past participle of 'dīvertere' (to turn aside, to go different ways). 'Dīvertere' is compounded from 'dī-' / 'dis-' (apart, in different directions, from PIE *dwis-) + 'vertere' (to turn, to change direction), which comes from PIE *wert- (to turn, to wind). The PIE root *wert- is extensively attested: Sanskrit 'vartate' (he turns), Old Norse 'verða' (to become), German 'werden' (to become), English 'worth,' 'weird' (from Old English 'wyrd,' fate — literally what turns or