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Added 9 October 2026

sunder

/ˈsʌndɚ/ adjective

In Latin: sēcernō Wiktionary

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Sundry; separate; different.

verb

To break or separate or to break apart, especially with force.
To part, separate.
To expose to the sun and wind.

noun

a separation into parts; a division or severance

Origin

From Middle English sunder, from Old English sundor- (“separate, different”), from Proto-Germanic *sundraz (“isolated, particular, alone”), from Proto-Indo-European *snter-, *seni-, *senu-, *san- (“apart, without, for oneself”). Cognate with Old Saxon sundar (“particular, special”), Dutch zonder (“without”), German sonder- (“special”), German sondern (“to separate, set apart”), Old Norse sundr (“separate”), Danish sønder (“apart, asunder”), Latin sine (“without”).

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