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Where does “inseverable” come from?

inseverable (English) comes from English severable, from English sever, from Middle English severen, from Old French sevrer, from Vulgar Latin seperare, from Latin sēparāre.

inseverable (English): Incapable of being severed; indivisible;...

Definitions

  1. Incapable of being severed; indivisible;...

Ancestry of “inseverable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishseverableCapable of being severed; Capable of being...
2EnglishseverTo cut free; To suffer disjunction; to be parted...
3Middle Englishseveren—
4Old Frenchsevrerto separate; to sever
5Vulgar Latinseperare—
6Latinsēparāre—
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