English
severalty
Severalty comes from Middle French severalte.
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600severalte
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500severalte
- Englishearliest quotation 1846severalty
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
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- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600severalte
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500severalte
- Englishearliest quotation 1846severalty
Earliest quotation: 1846, George Spence, The Equitable Jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery: “[…] thus a joint submission to arbitrament may be…”.
Equivalent to several + -ty
Proto-Indo-European *pr̥h₃o-
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Latin sēparō ‘to divide’
Latin sēpar ‘separate’
Medieval Latin sēparālis
Old French several
English several
Every English word from Middle French severalte
Today it means
noun The sole ownership of property by someone.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle French severalte / severalty