Etymology

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Today it means: An object located between two or more things and hence separating them. Full definition →

Latin sēparātor ← Proto-Italic *paro- ← Proto-Indo-European *pr̥h₃o-
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*s(w)é
  2. Latinsē-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*perh₃-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*pr̥h₃o-
  5. Proto-Italic*paro-
  6. Latinparō
  7. Latinsēparō
  8. Latinsēparātor
  9. English todayseparator

Borrowed from Latin sēparātor.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.