Etymology

separation

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Today it means: The act of disuniting two or more things, or the condition of being separated. Full definition →

Middle English separacioun ← Old French separacion ← Latin separatio
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  1. Latin · derived fromseparatio
  2. Old French · derived fromseparacion
  3. Middle English · inherited fromseparacioun
  4. English todayseparation

Attested in the 15th Century C.E.; from Middle English separacioun, from Old French separacion, from Latin separatio, separationem. Morphologically separate + -ion.

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