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English

part

/pɑːt/
A fraction of a whole.

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    Origin

    Etymology 1

    From Middle English part, from Old English part (“part”) and Old French part (“part”); both from Latin partem, accusative of pars (“piece, portion, share, side, party, faction, role, character, lot, fate, task, lesson, part, member”), from Proto-Indo-European *par-, *per- (“to sell, exchange”). Akin to Latin portiō (“a portion, part”), parāre (“to make ready, prepare”). Displaced Middle English del, dele (“part”) (from Old English dǣl (“part, distribution”) > Modern English deal (“portion; amount”)), Middle English dale, dole (“part, portion”) (from Old English dāl (“portion”) > Modern English dole), Middle English sliver (“part, portion”) (from Middle English sliven (“to cut, cleave”), from Old English (tō)slifan (“to split”)).

    Etymology 2

    Inherited from Middle English parten, borrowed from Old French partir.

    Etymology 3

    From Middle English part, from the noun.

    From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

    Lineage

    • inheritedMiddle Englishparten
      • borrowedOld Frenchpartir “to divide, separate”
        • inheritedLatinpartiō “part, divide”
          • partLatinpars “part”
            • inheritedProto-Italic*partis
            • derivedProto-Indo-European*per- “produce, procure, bring forward, bring forth”
              • derived (ultimately)Proto-Indo-European*sóh₂wl̥ “sun”
              • derivedProto-Indo-European*kouHp-nó-
            • derivedLatindistālis “~distant”
          • partLatin-iō
            • derivedProto-Indo-European*-yéti
            • derivedLatin-ō “denominative”
              • inheritedProto-Italic*-āō
              • derivedProto-Indo-European*-ō
              • inheritedProto-Italic*-ōd
              • derivedProto-Indo-European*-Hō
            • derivedProto-Indo-European*-yeti
    • rootProto-Indo-European*perh₃- “to provide, produce, beget”
    • inheritedMiddle Englishpart
      • inheritedOld Englishpart “part”
        • derivedOld Frenchpart “part”
          • derivedLatinpartem
            • derivedProto-Indo-European*par-

    Related: Latin portiō

    Words built on it: part-time, party, part-own

    Meanings

    noun
    1. A fraction of a whole.
    2. A distinct element of something larger.
    3. A group inside a larger group.
    4. Share, especially of a profit.
    5. A unit of relative proportion in a mixture.
    6. 3.5 centiliters of one ingredient in a mixed drink.
    verb
    1. To leave the company of (each other, or someone/something [with with or from]).
    2. To divide in two.
    3. To cut hair with a parting.
    4. To be divided in two or separated.
    5. To divide up; to share.
    6. To have a part or share; to partake.
    adj
    1. Fractional; partial.
    adv
    1. Partly; partially; fractionally.
    2. to a partial degree.

    Sources

    • Wiktionary (via Wiktextract / kaikki.org) — CC BY-SA 4.0
    • Wiktionary: part