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di-vorce. Origin 1350 - 1400.

Middle French, from Latin divortium, from divortere divertere to leave one's marriage partner, from di- away, apart + vertere to turn.

So strange to be not yet 30 and know both couples who are preparing for their marriage and couples who are finalizing their divorce. And to be single in the midst of those two extremes.

Divorce. To turn away from. To divide. To put on paper a list of things, stuff, items. And to have that list, (not the emotions or the love - or the lack of love - make the list... just the physical possessions) be the only remaining paperwork of what used to be a marriage.

mar-riage. Origin 1250 - 1300.