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Detailed explanation-1: -The word diversity comes from the latin divertere which means “to turn in different directions”.

Detailed explanation-2: -“Diversity” comes from the Latin for “facing both ways”, and “divers” or “diverse” in English has meant “various” since the 13th century.

Detailed explanation-3: -According to Thompson & Cusseo (2014) article, the “word diversity derives from the Latin root diversus, meaning various. Thus, human diversity refers to the variety of differences that exist among people who comprise humanity” (para. 1).

Detailed explanation-4: -The word diversity is derived from the Latin word divertere meaning being different or having differences.

Detailed explanation-5: -However, the noun “diversity” as well as the adjective “diverse” ultimately come from the Latin diversus, which means opposite, separate, different, contrary, or hostile, and which is the source of the English word “diversion” (a turning away from the fatiguing and the mundane).