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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=13th century, Declamazioni di Seneca volgarizzate|origins=la vertō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /diˈvɔr.t͡sjo/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''divorzio''' ''m'' (plural divorzi)^(Wiktionary)

+ Old and poetic [[roa-oit|divorzo]] (Petrarch) and Old Italian [[m|roa-oit|divorço]], [[m|roa-oit|divorsio]].^(DEI|1368)^(Zingarelli 2010)^(TLIO)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|la|dīvortium|t=separation; fork of a road; divorce]], a learned word.^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)^(GRADIT 2003)^(Wiktionary) The Latin noun comes from [[m|la|dīvertō|t=to turn in another direction, separate]], in its archaic form [[m|la|dīvortō]], a compound of [[m|la|dis-|t=apart]] and [[m|la|vertō|t=to turn]].^(DELI 1999)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Devoto 1968)^(OLD 2012) GDLI quotes Isidore of Seville for the oldest sense: “Divortia sunt flexus viarum, hoc est viae in diversa tendentes” (“divortia are the bends of roads, that is, roads going in different directions”).^(GDLI|4, 887) The same noun gave [[fr|divorce]] and [[es|divorcio]].^(Nocentini 2010)

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+ The verb [[divorziare]] is [[fr|divorcer]] (14th century), first adapted as [[divorzare]] and then remade after the noun.^(DELI 1999) The simple verb has cognates in [[sa|वर्तते|tr=vártate|t=turns]] and [[got|𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐌰𐌽|tr=wairþan|t=to become]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ DELI and the TLIO place the first record in the Tuscan translation of the ''Declamations'' of Seneca, in the sense “legal dissolution of a marriage”.^(DELI 1999)^(TLIO) The TLIO adds the broader sense “separation of things joined”, with the phrase ''fare divorzio'', “to part”, in a Pisan poem of the early 14th century.^(TLIO) Petrarch's ''divorzo'' means “departure”.^(Prati 1951|386)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Old Italian already used the word for any separation, and for the gap between intention and result.^(TLIO) In the 16th century it was a term of hydraulics, the parting of waters,^(DEI|1368) and Castiglione writes of the ''divorzio dei fiumi''.^(Prati 1951|386) Bernardo Davanzati uses it of the Roman divorce of Octavia.^(GDLI|4, 887) Tommaseo's dictionary (1861–1879) describes divorce as forbidden to Christians and banished by most modern legislators.^(Tommaseo–Bellini 1861)

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+ The 19th and 20th centuries brought the debate on civil divorce and its vocabulary: ''divorziare'' (1796), ''divorziato'' (as ''divorzato'' in 1802, ''divorziato'' in 1869), ''divorzista'' (1893) and ''divorzismo'' (1933).^(DELI 1999) Panzini's dictionary of 1905 called ''divorzista'' an arbitrary coinage of short life, a remark dropped from 1927.^(DELI 1999) Today the word also names a figurative split between partners, friends, parties or ideas.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 13th century – The Tuscan ''Declamations'' of Seneca give the first record.^(TLIO)^(DELI 1999)

+ * 14th century – Petrarch uses ''divorzo'' “departure”.^(Prati 1951|386)^(DEI)

+ * 16th century – The hydraulic sense, the parting of waters, appears.^(DEI|1368)

+ * 1796 – ''Divorziare'' is recorded.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1802 – ''Divorzato'' “divorced person” is recorded, ''divorziato'' in 1869.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1893 – ''Divorzista'' “supporter of divorce” is recorded.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1933 – Ardengo Soffici uses ''divorzismo''.^(DELI 1999)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # ''(law)'' [[m|en|divorce]], the legal dissolution of a marriage; the court ruling that ends its civil effects: ''Dopo dieci anni hanno chiesto il divorzio.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ # ''(by extension)'' A separation of people or things previously joined, often humorous: ''il divorzio del cantante dalla sua band''.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Treccani 2011)

+ # ''(figurative)'' A split, conflict between abstract things: ''il divorzio tra teoria e pratica''.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[divorziare]]

+ * [[divorziato]]

+ * [[divorzismo]]

+ * [[divorzista]]

+ * [[divorzistico]]

+ * [[divorziale]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[divertire]]

+ * [[la|dīvortium]]

+ * [[fr|divorce]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ ''Fare divorzio da'' means “to break with”: ''fare divorzio dal mondo''.^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Treccani 2011) ''Divorzio breve'' is the recent legal procedure that shortens the time required.^(Devoto–Oli 2026)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}