Where does “segregate” come from?

Segregate derives from Latin segregatus, past participle of segrego, meaning to set apart from the flock, formed from Latin se- (apart) and grex (flock), with grex tracing to Proto-Indo-European ger- and swoyos, ultimately from swé (self).

segregate (English): Separate; select; Separated from others of the...

Definitions

  1. Separate; select; Separated from others of the...

Ancestry of “segregate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsēgregātusseparated
2Latinsēgregōto separate, divide
3Latinsē-apart-; aside-; away
4Latinsexsix; 6
5Proto-Italicsekssix
6Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix

Words derived from “segregate

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