英语词汇severance的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	severance
词源	severance n. early 15c., severaunce, "distinction, difference," also, of apprentices, "release from previous obligations," from Anglo-French, from Old French sevrance "separation, parting," from sevrer "to separate" (see sever). From mid-15c. as "act or fact of severing; state of being severed." The modern sense of "discharge from contract employment" is attested from 1941, probably an extension from modern legal use. Severance pay attested by 1942. Entries linking to severance sever v. late 14c., severen, transitive, "cause a separation or division, put or keep apart," from Anglo-French severer, Old French sevrer "to separate" (12c., later in French restricted to "to wean," i.e. "to separate from the mother"), from Vulgar Latin seperare, from Latin separare "to pull apart," from se- "apart" (see secret (n.)) + parare "make ready, prepare" (from PIE root pere- (1) "to produce, procure"). A Frenchified doublet of separate (v.). Intransitive sense of "go asunder, move apart" is from c. 1400. Related: Severed; severing. updated on July 06, 2022
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severance n.