asunder
English
/əˈsʌndə/, /əˈsʌndɚ/
adv
Definitions
- (archaic) Into separate parts or pieces.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English on (on, a, in, or toward, at) derived from Proto-Germanic *sunder (separately, apart).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*sunder
Gloss
separately, apart
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- about English
- anent English
- anon English
- asunderness English
- heterokont English
- heterosexual English
- heterophyllus Latin
- neuter Latin
- sexus Latin
- Sondersprache German
- Sonderzeichen German
- sonder German
- sondergleichen German
- sondern German
- sonderpädagogisch German
- hetero- Hungarian
- bijzonder Dutch, Flemish
- zonder Dutch, Flemish
- hétérœcie French
- ἑτέρωθεν Ancient Greek
- ἑτέρωσε Ancient Greek
- ἑτερογενής Ancient Greek
- ἑτεροκλινής Ancient Greek
- ἑτεροφωνία Ancient Greek
- ἑτερόφθαλμος Ancient Greek
- ἑτερώνυμος Ancient Greek
- ἕτερος Ancient Greek
- *sem- Proto-Indo-European
- *ana Proto-Germanic
- *sunder Proto-Germanic
- *sundraz Proto-Germanic
- *sundrô Proto-Germanic
- sönder Swedish
- on Old English
- on ecnesse Old English
- ongemang Old English
- onmiddan Old English
- onweg Old English
- abak Middle English
- on Middle English
- sundr Old Norse
- sondre Danish
- sundur Icelandic
- sonder Middle Dutch
- sonder Afrikaans
- sonder Malay
- 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌳𐍂𐍉 Gothic
- sundr Old Swedish
- sondro Sranan Tongo
- *hə́teros Proto-Hellenic