Where does “dessevrer” come from?
dessevrer (Old French) comes 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-, from English polyethylene glycol — Any of a series of water-soluble polymers, of...
dessevrer (Old French): to divide; to separate
Definitions
- to divide; to separate
Ancestry of “dessevrer”, step by step
dessevrer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vulgar Latin disseperare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vulgar Latin | disseperare | — |
| 2 | Latin | dissēparāre | — |
| 3 | Latin | sēparō | to divide, separate |
| 4 | Latin | parō | to arrange, order, contrive, design |
| 5 | Latin | pectus | chest, breast; heart, breast, as the seat of... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | pektos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | peg- | breast |
| 8 | English | polyethylene glycol | Any of a series of water-soluble polymers, of... |
via Vulgar Latin *dissēperō, dissēperāre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vulgar Latin | *dissēperō, dissēperāre | — |