Origin of divisor
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Every divisor is a gift of God, and corresponds to the months of the year and to the revolution of the universe.Laws
The only number composed only of ones that we know with certainty to have no divisor is 11.
Nobody in the world knows yet whether that number has a divisor or not.
When the last of the divisor must not be set below the last of the dividend.The Earliest Arithmetics in English
It is simple division: wealth the dividend, number of children the divisor.The Principles of Economics
Frank A. Fetter
early 15c., Latin agent noun from dividere (see divide (v.)).