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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Cato|origins=ine-pro *perh₃-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈseː.pa.roː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈsɛː.pa.ro]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''sēparō''' (present infinitive sēparāre, perfect active sēparāvī, supine sēparātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|sē-|parō|t1=apart|t2=to prepare, provide]].^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008) The verb ''parō'' is [[inh|itc-pro|*parāje/o-]], usually explained as a verb made from a noun [[ine-pro|*pr̥h₃-o-|t=providing]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Cato.^(de Vaan 2008) Köbler dates Cato 234–149 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to divide something into parts or one thing from another, and, of barriers and boundaries, to keep things apart or cut off, as two seas are separated by a narrow strip.^(OLD 2012) It also meant to debar from something, and to treat as distinct in thought or writing.^(OLD 2012) Lewis and Short note that it is most frequent in the figurative sense.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ A Vulgar Latin *sēperāre gave Old French ''sevrer'' “to separate”, later “to wean”, and [[en|sever]] in the late 14th century; [[en|separate]] came from the participle in the early 15th century.^(Etymonline) It also gave [[it|sceverare]] and was borrowed as [[fr|séparer]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato uses the word.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero speaks of two seas separated by a narrow strip.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * late 14th century – English ''sever'' is recorded, from Old French ''sevrer''.^(Etymonline)

+ * early 15th century – English ''separate'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To divide, [[m|en|separate]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # To keep apart; to cut off, [[m|en|isolate]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # To debar, exclude.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To [[m|en|distinguish]], treat as distinct.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[circumseparo]]

+ * [[dissēparō]]

+ * [[inseparatus]]

+ * [[sēparābilis]]

+ * [[sēparātiō]]

+ * [[separatiuus]]

+ * [[sēparātor]]

+ * [[separatrix]]

+ * [[sēparātus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[parō]]

+ * [[en|separate]]

+ * [[en|sever]]

+ * [[en|several]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}