Where does “partopreno” come from?
partopreno (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto partopreni, from Esperanto parto, from French partie, from French partir, from Middle French partir, from Old French partir, from Latin partiō, from Latin pars — passed , crossed.
partopreno (Esperanto): participation
Ancestry of “partopreno”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Esperanto | partopreni | to take part, participate |
| 2 | Esperanto | parto | part; share |
| 3 | French | partie | part; party; game, play |
| 4 | French | partir | to share, to share out, to divide; to go away,... |
| 5 | Middle French | partir | to leave; to divide up |
| 6 | Old French | partir | to leave; to divide up |
| 7 | Latin | partiō | — |
| 8 | Latin | pars | part, side, piece, share; some; faction |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |