Where does “put asunder” come from?
put asunder (English) comes from English asunder, from Old English onsundrum, from Old English on-, from Old English and-, from Proto-West Germanic anda-, from Proto-Germanic anda-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂énti, from Proto-Indo-European h₂énts — on, onto.
put asunder (English): To sunder; disjoin; separate
Definitions
- To sunder; disjoin; separate
Ancestry of “put asunder”, step by step
put asunder traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English asunder
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | asunder | Into separate parts or pieces |
| 2 | Old English | onsundrum | separately, apart |
| 3 | Old English | on- | forming verbs and adjectives from participles and... |
| 4 | Old English | and- | against, opposing; in return, back; facing,... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | anda- | against, opposing; in return, back; facing,... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | anda- | against, opposing; un-, de- |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énti | opposite; near; in front |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énts | forehead; front |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ent- | face; forehead; front |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |
via English put
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | put | To place something somewhere; To bring or set... |
| 2 | Old French | pute | nominative singular of putain; dirty woman; whore |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | putta | prostitute |
| 4 | Latin | puta | second-person singular present active imperative... |
| 5 | Latin | puto | I clean, cleanse; I trim, prune, lop; I arrange,... |
| 6 | Latin | putus | pure; a boy |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | puHtós | pure, clean |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pewH- | to be clean, pure |