tocleave
English
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To divide; split open; cleave asunder.
- (intransitive) To split apart; break.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English tocleven inherited from Old English tōclēofan (cleave asunder, split apart, cleave apart, cleave in two) inherited from Proto-Germanic *tōkliubaną (split apart) prefix from English cleave (split).
Origin
English
cleave
Gloss
split
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- autocleave English
- cleavability English
- cleavable English
- cleavage English
- cleave English
- cleaver English
- cleavest English
- cleaveth English
- miscleave English
- photocleave English
- recleave English
- *tōkliubaną Proto-Germanic
- tōclēofan Old English
- cleven Middle English
- tocleven Middle English
- cleve Scots
- to-cleve Scots