Capable of being divided; separable into individual parts rather than forming an indivisible whole.
From Latin 'dividuus' (divisible), formed from 'dividere' (to divide) plus '-uus' (a Latin adjectival suffix). The English word entered through philosophical and theological contexts around the 17th century.
In philosophy, 'dividual' is the opposite of 'individual'—whereas 'individual' means indivisible and whole, 'dividual' means 'able to be broken into parts,' showing how Latin prefixes completely reverse meanings.
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