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...
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- Someone who advocates separation from the...
Ancestry of “separatist”, 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... |