separately
/ˈsepəətli/SEH-pur-uht-lee
/ˈsɛpɚətli/SEH-pur-uht-lee
Meaningin a set-apart way
Common meaning: apart
Other meanings: one by one
- seapart, aside
- parto make readyLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1304 · scan
- ateverb or adjective ending: to make, having
- lyadverb ending: in a way
‘apart, aside’ + ‘to make ready’ → separately
Journey through time
- Latinparō, parāvī‘to make ready’
- Englishseparate‘to set apart’
- Englishformed in English from separateseparately‘apart’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from separate + -ly.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), SEPARATE, p.540 · scan
Roots
- parō, parāvī Latin “to make ready”
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