English
part
Part comes from Old English part and Old French part, both from Latin partem, accusative of pars ‘part, portion, share’, and ultimately from Proto-Italic *partis ‘part’.
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*partis‘part’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpars‘part, portion, piece, share’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpartem‘accusative of pars’accusative of pars
- Old Englishc. 450–1150part‘part’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form
- Englishearliest quotation 1590same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*partis‘part’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpars‘part, portion, piece, share’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpartem‘accusative of pars’accusative of pars
- Old Englishc. 450–1150part‘part’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form
- Englishearliest quotation 1590same form
Earliest quotation: 1590, Edmund Spenser, Book II, Canto VI: “[…] the Faery knight / Besought that Damzell suffer…”
Linked words
through Latin pars ‘piece, portion, share, side, party, faction,…’
Another origin of part
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*perh₃-‘to provide, produce, beget’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*pérh₃tisuncertain
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*partisreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpars‘a part, portion, piece, share’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpartīre
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400partir‘to divide up’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500parten‘to divide’
- Englishtodaypart
Another origin of part
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*perh₃-‘to grant’uncertain
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*partisreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpartem
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400part
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form
- Englishtodaysame form
Today it means
noun A fraction of a whole.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Italic *partis / part