Where does “partnership” come from?
Partnership is formed from English partner plus the suffix -ship, with partner deriving from Old French parçonneour, from Old French parçonner, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -tōr through Latin formations.
partnership (English): The state of being associated with a partner; An...
Definitions
- The state of being associated with a partner; An...
Ancestry of “partnership”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | partner | Someone who is associated with another in a... |
| 2 | Middle English | partener | — |
| 3 | English | parcener | A coheir, or one of two or more heirs to an... |
| 4 | Old French | parçonier | coholder; co-owner; coheir; parcener; participant |
| 5 | Old French | parçon | division; separation |
| 6 | Latin | partitionem | accusative singular of partītiō |
| 7 | Latin | partitio | The act of sharing or parting; partition,... |
| 8 | Latin | partīre | — |
| 9 | Latin | pars | part, side, piece, share; some; faction |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |