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sunder.

Sundry; separate; different.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈsʌndɚ/General-American

  1. Sundry; separate; different.

    dialectal · obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Middle English sunder, from Old English sundor- (“separate, different”), from Proto-Germanic *sundraz (“isolated, particular, alone”), from Proto-Indo-European *snter-, *seni-, *senu-, *san- (“apart, without, for oneself”). Cognate with Old Saxon sundar (“particular, special”), Dutch zonder (“without”), German sonder- (“special”), German sondern (“to separate, set apart”), Old Norse sundr (“separate”), Danish sønder (“apart, asunder”), Latin sine (“without”).

verb/ˈsʌndɚ/General-American

  1. To break or separate or to break apart, especially with force.

    transitive

  2. To part, separate.

    intransitive

  3. To expose to the sun and wind.

    UK · dated · dialectal · transitive
Where this word comes from

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.

noun/ˈsʌndɚ/General-American

  1. a separation into parts; a division or severance

Where this word comes from

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.

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