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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

  1. to divide; to separate

Ancestry of “dessevrer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latindisseperare—
2Latindissēparāre—
3Latinsēparō—
4Latinparō—
5Latinpectuschest, breast; heart, breast, as the seat of...
6Proto-Italicpektos—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpeg-breast
8Englishpolyethylene glycolAny of a series of water-soluble polymers, of...

Words derived from “dessevrer”

  • dissever
  • dissevereth
  • disseverest
  • disseveren
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