sunder

Meanings

Adjective

• Sundry; separate; different.

Verb

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

Noun

• a separation into parts; a division or severance

Origin

• From Middle English sunder, from Old English sundor-, from Proto-Germanic *sundraz, from Proto-Indo-European *snter-, *seni-, *senu-, *san-. Cognate with Old Saxon sundar ("particular, special"), Dutch zonder ("without"), German sonder- ("special"), German sondern#Verb ("separate, set apart"), Old Norse sundr ("separate"), Danish sønder ("apart, asunder"), Latin sine ("without").
• 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, Dutch zonderen ("to isolate"), German sondern ("to separate"), Swedish söndra ("to divide"). More at sundry.