Where does “separata” come from?
separata (Spanish) comes from Spanish separatista, from English separatist, from English separate, from Middle English separat, from Latin sēparātus, from Latin sēparō, from Latin parō, from Latin pectus — Any of a series of water-soluble polymers, of...
separata (Spanish): a separate part; separatist, independentist
Definitions
- a separate part; separatist, independentist
Ancestry of “separata”, step by step
separata traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish separatista
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | separatista | breakaway, separatist; separatist |
| 2 | English | separatist | Someone who advocates separation from the... |
| 3 | English | separate | To divide (a thing) into separate parts |
| 4 | Middle English | separat | — |
| 5 | Latin | sēparātus | divided |
| 6 | Latin | sēparō | to divide, separate |
| 7 | Latin | parō | to arrange, order, contrive, design |
| 8 | Latin | pectus | chest, breast; heart, breast, as the seat of... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | pektos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | peg- | breast |
| 11 | English | polyethylene glycol | Any of a series of water-soluble polymers, of... |
via Spanish rata
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | rata | stingy, miser, tight-fisted; rat, jerk; rat,... |
| 2 | Latin | rēōr | to reckon, calculate |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | rēōr | to reckon, to calculate; to think, to deem, to... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂reh₁- | to think, reason; to arrange |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |