Where does “sever” come from?

Sever comes from Middle English severen, from Old French sevrer, from Latin separare meaning to set apart, derived from Latin parare meaning to prepare or arrange, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European per.

sever (English): To cut free; To suffer disjunction; to be parted...

Definitions

  1. To cut free; To suffer disjunction; to be parted...

Ancestry of “sever”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishseveren—
2Old Frenchsevrerto separate; to sever
3Vulgar Latinseperare—
4Latinsēparāre—

Words derived from “sever”

Every word from Latin sēparāre →Every word from Vulgar Latin seperare →Every word from Old French sevrer →