Diverged

They walked along the road together until they reached the village, but then their paths diverged.

Of yore, when Confucius passed away, his subtle words were cut off, and when his seventy disciples died the transmission of their profound meaning diverged.

After school, their lives diverged.

Berber and Semitic languages diverged from each other several thousands of years ago.

Our paths diverged after school.

Scientists continue to debate when and where dogs and wolves diverged. Some studies date that split to between 10,000 and 15,000 years ago. But zoologist Love Dalen at the Swedish Natural History Museum said it could be twice that long ago.

Due to a poor fossil record, the origins of the ancestors of elephant seals and how they diverged and speciated into two species is difficult to pinpoint.