Where does “participles” come from?
participles (English) comes from English participle, from Middle English participle, from Old French participle, from Latin participium, from Latin particeps, from Latin -ceps, from Old Latin -cipes, from Proto-Italic -kaputis — to seize, hold.
participles (English): plural of participle
Ancestry of “participles”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | participle | A form of a verb that may function as an... |
| 2 | Middle English | participle | — |
| 3 | Old French | participle | — |
| 4 | Latin | participium | a sharing, partaking, participation; participle |
| 5 | Latin | particeps | sharing |
| 6 | Latin | -ceps | -headed; -fold; -catcher |
| 7 | Old Latin | -cipes | "third declension"; Alternative form of -ceps;... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -kaputis | -headed |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kaput | head |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | káput | head |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kap- | to seize, hold |