asunder
Etymology
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Etymology
From Middle English asunder, asondre, onsunder, on sondre, from Old English asundran, onsundrum, from Proto-Germanic *sunder, *sundraz.
Pronunciation Adverbasunder
- (archaic, literary) Into separate parts or pieces.
- Synonyms: apart, in twain
- to tear asunder
- c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC ↗, [Act III, scene i]:
- Page. I warrant you, he’s the man should fight with him.
Robert Shallow. […] It appears so by his weapons. Keep them asunder:
- See also Thesaurus:asunder
- French: en morceaux
- German: in Stücke, entzwei, auseinander
- Italian: in pezzi
- Portuguese: em pedaços
- Russian: на части
- Spanish: en dos, en pedazos
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