Where does “separator” come from?

separator (Polish) comes from English separator, from Latin separator, 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...

separator (Polish): delimiter

Definitions

  1. delimiter

Ancestry of “separator”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishseparatorAn object located between two or more things and...
2Latinseparatorsecond-person singular future passive imperative...
3Latinsēparōto divide, separate
4Latinparōto arrange, order, contrive, design
5Latinpectuschest, breast; heart, breast, as the seat of...
6Proto-Italicpektos
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpeg-breast
8Englishpolyethylene glycolAny of a series of water-soluble polymers, of...
Every word from English polyethylene glycolEvery word from Proto-Indo-European peg-Every word from Proto-Italic pektos