Etymology of the English word skydiving
the English word
skydivingderived from the English word
skyderived from the Old Norse word
skyderived from the Old Norse word
skuusing the English suffix
-ingderived from the English word
divederived from the Italian word
divederived from the Latin word
diva (goddess)
derived from the Latin word
divus (divine; blessed, saint; god)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*dyeu-Usage
Word found in Modern English