Where does “disseveren” come from?
disseveren (Middle English) comes from Old French dessevrer, from Vulgar Latin disseperare, from Latin dissēparāre, from Latin sēparō, from Latin parō, from Latin pectus, from Proto-Italic pektos, from Proto-Indo-European peg- — Any of a series of water-soluble polymers, of...
Ancestry of “disseveren”, step by step
disseveren traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French dessevrer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | dessevrer | to divide; to separate |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | disseperare | — |
| 3 | Latin | dissēparāre | — |
| 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... |
via Anglo-Norman desevrer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anglo-Norman | desevrer | to separate; to split |