Where does “separating” come from?
Separating comes from English separate, from Latin separatus (past participle of separare, meaning to divide or set apart), from Latin parare (to prepare or arrange), from Latin par (equal), tracing back through Proto-Indo-European per and swoyos.
separating (English): present participle of separate; An instance of...
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- present participle of separate; An instance of...
Ancestry of “separating”, 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... |