Question
Even their daughters and granddaughters have been lost; all the
living Indo-Germanic languages are only related in the sense that
they are divergent descendants of common stem-forms.
Source: The Evolution of Man - Volume 2
In this sentence, divergent means:
O proceeding from particular facts to a general
conclusion
• capable of being dissolved in some solvent
O sorrowful through loss or deprivation
O tending to move apart in different directions
Answer
tending to move apart in different directions.