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Where does “separatist” come from?

Separatist comes from English separate, from Latin separare meaning to divide, from Latin parare meaning to prepare or arrange, from Latin par meaning equal, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European per and swoyos.

separatist (English): Someone who advocates separation from the...

Definitions

  1. Someone who advocates separation from the...

Ancestry of “separatist”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishseparateApart from ; not connected to or attached to; Not...
2Middle Englishseparat—
3Latinsēparātus—
4Latinsēparō—
5Latinparō—
6Latinpectuschest, breast; heart, breast, as the seat of...
7Proto-Italicpektos—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpeg-breast
9Englishpolyethylene glycolAny of a series of water-soluble polymers, of...

Words derived from “separatist”

  • separatistic
  • antiseparatist
  • separata
  • separatista
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