Etymograph

English

separable

Separable comes from Latin sēparō ‘to divide, separate’, from parō ‘to arrange’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pr̥h₃o-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pr̥h₃o-reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CE*paro-reconstructed
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEparō‘to arrange’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsēparō‘to divide, separate’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsēparābilis
  6. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600separable
  7. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form
  8. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pr̥h₃o-reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CE*paro-reconstructed
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEparō‘to arrange’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsēparō‘to divide, separate’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsēparābilis
  6. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600separable
  7. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form
  8. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Latin parō ‘to arrange’

empire, emperor, imperial, repair, preparation, empress, apparel, apparatus, parachute, preparatory, disparate, imperium, imperious, pare, rampart, imperator, reparation, 19 more

through Latin sēparō ‘to divide, separate’

several, severance, 5 more

Today it means

adj Able to be separated.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *pr̥h₃o- / separable

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