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Where does “apartmental” come from?

apartmental (English) comes from English apartment, from French appartement, from Italian appartamento, from Spanish apartamiento, from Spanish apartar, from Spanish -ar, from Old Spanish -ar, from Latin -ō — Derives nouns from roots.

apartmental (English): Of or relating to apartment buildings

Definitions

  1. Of or relating to apartment buildings

Ancestry of “apartmental”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishapartmentA complete domicile occupying only part of a...
2Frenchappartementapartment, flat
3Italianappartamentoapartment, flat
4Spanishapartamientoseparation, seclusion; flat, apartment
5Spanishapartarto separate, to divide; to set aside; to avert
6Spanish-arIn adjectives, indicating membership or status;...
7Old Spanish-ar—
8Latin-ō—
9Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots
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