Etymology

severance

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Today it means: The act of severing or the state of being severed. Full definition →

Middle English severaunce ← Old French sevrance
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The story

  1. Old French · derived fromsevrance
  2. Middle English · inherited fromseveraunce
  3. English todayseverance

From sever + -ance, from Middle English severaunce, from Anglo-Norman, Old French sevrance, from sevrer.

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