Where does “severance” come from?

Severance comes from Middle English severaunce, from Old French sevrance, ultimately from Latin parāre meaning "to prepare or make ready," with the -antia suffix forming abstract nouns.

severance (English): The act of severing or the state of being...

Definitions

  1. The act of severing or the state of being...

Ancestry of “severance”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishseverTo cut free; To suffer disjunction; to be parted...
2Middle Englishseveren—
3Old Frenchsevrerto separate; to sever
4Vulgar Latinseperare—
5Latinsēparāre—

Words derived from “severance”

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