Where does “plejparte” come from?
plejparte (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto parto, from French partie, from French partir, from Middle French partir, from Old French partir, from Latin partiō, from Latin pars, from Proto-Indo-European per- — passed , crossed.
plejparte (Esperanto): for the most part
Definitions
- for the most part
Ancestry of “plejparte”, step by step
plejparte traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto parto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | parto | part; share |
| 2 | French | partie | part; party; game, play |
| 3 | French | partir | to share, to share out, to divide; to go away,... |
| 4 | Middle French | partir | to leave; to divide up |
| 5 | Old French | partir | to leave; to divide up |
| 6 | Latin | partiō | to share, part, apportion; divide, distribute |
| 7 | Latin | pars | part, side, piece, share; some; faction |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |