sunder

Signification

Verb

1. To break or separate or to break apart, especially with force.
2. To part, separate.
3. To expose to the sun and wind.

Adj

Sundry; separate; different.

Noun

a separation into parts; a division or severance

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈsʌndɚ/

Étymologie

From Middle English sundren (“to separate, part, divide”), from Old English sundrian (“to separate, split, part, divide”), from Proto-Germanic *sundrōną (“to separate”), from Proto-Indo-European *sen(e)- (“separate, without”). Cognate with Scots sinder, sunder (“to separate, divide, split up”), Dutch zonderen (“to isolate”), German sondern (“to separate”), Swedish söndra (“to divide”). More at sundry.