English Explanatory Dictionary

sunder

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Sundry; separate; different.
verb
  1. To break or separate or to break apart, especially with force.
  2. To part, separate.
  3. To expose to the sun and wind.
noun
  1. a separation into parts; a division or severance

Pronunciation

/ˈsʌndɚ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sunder.wav

Word forms

sunder more sunder most sunder sunders sundering sundered

Etymology

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”).

Related words

sundry sunder tree

Derived words

sunderling sunderly asunder dissunder in sunder sunderable sunderance sunderer Sunderland sunderment sunder out tosunder unsundered sundrous
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