separate

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 327 words | Copyright

separate vb. XV. f. pp. stem of L. sēparāre, f. SE- + parāre make ready, PREPARE; partly after †separate pp. (XV); see -ATE3.
So separation XV. — (O)F. — L. separatist one who advocates (ecclesiastical) separation. XVII. f. separate adj., which was used contemp. as sb. in the same sense.

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