separate

separate
{{11}}separate (adj.) "detached, kept apart," c.1600, from SEPARATE (Cf. separate) (v.). Separate but equal in reference to U.S. segregation policies on railroads is attested from 1890. Separate development, official name of apartheid in South Africa, is from 1955.
{{12}}separate (v.) late 14c., from L. separatus, pp. of separare "to pull apart," from se- "apart" (see SECRET (Cf. secret)) + parare "make ready, prepare" (see PARE (Cf. pare)). SEVER (Cf. Sever) (q.v.) is a doublet, via French. Related: Separated; separating.

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