Where does “separates” come from?
Separates comes from the English verb separate, derived from Latin separatus (parted), from separare (to divide), from parare (to prepare or arrange), from par (equal), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European per and swoyos.
separates (English): plural of separate; Third-person singular simple...
Definitions
- plural of separate; Third-person singular simple...
Ancestry of “separates”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | separate | To divide (a thing) into separate parts |
| 2 | Middle English | separat | — |
| 3 | Latin | sēparātus | divided |
| 4 | Latin | sēparō | to divide, separate |
| 5 | Latin | parō | to arrange, order, contrive, design |
| 6 | Latin | pectus | chest, breast; heart, breast, as the seat of... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | pektos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | peg- | breast |
| 9 | English | polyethylene glycol | Any of a series of water-soluble polymers, of... |