separatio Latin · revision 8507

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''sēparātiō''' ''f'' (genitive sēparātiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[sēparō]] “to separate” with the suffix [[-tiō]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Cicero, whom he dates 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant a separation, division.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant separation, severance.^(Stelten 1995) British Medieval Latin used it for the division of property, separation in geometry, astronomy and alchemy, and the separation of a married couple.^(DMLBS) It was borrowed into Italian ''separazione'' and French ''séparation'', and through Old French it gave [[en|separation]] about 1400.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1400 – English ''separation'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|Separation]], division.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' The separation of a married couple.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[sēparō]]

+ * [[en|separation]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}