Meaning
1 sensesA separation into parts; a division or severance
Examples
1 sentencesOur bodies, indeed, are nigh each other, but our souls are sundered.
Origin
From Middle English sundren (“to separate, part, divide”), from Old English sundrian (“toFrom Middle English sundren (“to separate, part, divide”), from Old English sundrian (“to separate, split, part, divide”), from Proto-Germanic *sundrōną (“to separate”), from Proto-Indo-European *sen(e)- (“separate, without”). Cognate with Scots sinder, sunder (“to separate, divide, split up”), Dutch zonderen (“to isolate”), German sondern (“to separate”), Swedish söndra (“to divide”). More at sundry.
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Forms
plural: sundersWord family
2 related wordsRelatedsunder tree
Derivedsundrous