The story
- Latin · derived fromdis-
- Vulgar Latin · derived from*dissēperō, dissēperāre
- Old French · derived fromdessevrer
- Anglo-Norman · derived fromdesevrer
- Middle English · inherited fromdisseveren
- English todaydissever
From Middle English disseveren, from Anglo-Norman desevrer, Old French dessevrer, from Vulgar Latin *dissēperō, dissēperāre, from Latin dis- + sēparō.
Words from the same roots
Latindis- all →
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.