sequester

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*sekʷ-“follow”
2. Latin · derived fromsequester“mediator, depositary”
3. Late Latin · derived fromsequestrō“separate, give up for safekeeping”
4. Old French · derived fromsequestrer
5. Middle English · inherited fromsequestren
6. English todaysequester

From Middle English sequestren (verb) and sequestre (noun), from Old French sequestrer, from Late Latin sequestrō (“separate, give up for safekeeping”), from Latin sequester (“mediator, depositary”), probably originally meaning "follower", from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“follow”).

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