Meaning
1 senses(dialectal, obsolete)Sundry; separate; different.
Examples
1 sentencesOur bodies, indeed, are nigh each other, but our souls are sundered.
Origin
From Middle English sunder, from Old English sundor- (“separate, different”), from Proto-GFrom 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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Forms
more sunder, most sunder| Comparative | more sunder Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most sunder Lesson |
regular
Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form