Where does “dissever” come from?
dissever (English) comes from Middle English disseveren, from Old French dessevrer, from Vulgar Latin disseperare, from Latin dissēparāre, from Latin sēparō, from Latin parō, from Latin pectus, from Proto-Italic pektos — Any of a series of water-soluble polymers, of...
dissever (English): To separate; to split apart; To divide into...
Definitions
- To separate; to split apart; To divide into...
Ancestry of “dissever”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | disseveren | — |
| 2 | Old French | dessevrer | to divide; to separate |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | disseperare | — |
| 4 | Latin | dissēparāre | — |
| 5 | Latin | sēparō | to divide, separate |
| 6 | Latin | parō | to arrange, order, contrive, design |
| 7 | Latin | pectus | chest, breast; heart, breast, as the seat of... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | pektos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | peg- | breast |
| 10 | English | polyethylene glycol | Any of a series of water-soluble polymers, of... |