Where does “departmental” come from?

Departmental comes from French départemental, from French département, from Old French -al and Latin -alis, ultimately from Latin pars meaning part.

departmental (English): Of or pertaining to a department

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to a department

Ancestry of “departmental”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchdépartementaldepartmental
2Frenchdépartementdepartment; département
3Middle Frenchdépartement—
4Old Frenchdépartement—
5Old Frenchdepartirto leave; to depart; departure
6Latindepartiōto divide
7Latindē-of; from
8Latindēof; concerning; about
9Latinpostbehind; after, since, besides, except; behind,...
10Latinposteablative singular of postis
11Proto-Italicpostibehind, after
12Proto-Indo-Europeanpóstiafter
13Proto-Indo-Europeanpósafterwards, post; by, at

Words derived from “departmental”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pós →Every word from Latin dē- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pósti →