Etymology

disterminate

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Today it means: separated, divided Full definition →

Latin disterminātus
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromdisterminātus
  2. English todaydisterminate

Borrowed from Latin disterminātus, perfect passive participle of disterminō (“to divide, separate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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