Separate
/ˈsɛp.ə.rət/noun
Set apart; not joined or connected.
Did you know?Its ancestor goes back to Latin *separare*, built from *se-* (“apart”) + *parare* (“prepare, make ready”), so the word originally carried the eerie sense of being deliberately arranged away from the rest.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*per-
“to produce, procure, or bring forth”
Latin
Latin
separare
“to set apart, divide, sever”
Late Latin
Latin
separatus
“set apart; separated”
Old French
Old French
separer
“to separate, divide”
14th Century
English
separate
“to set apart; divide”