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Where does “partouse” come from?

partouse (French) comes 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-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.

partouse (French): orgy

Definitions

  1. orgy

Ancestry of “partouse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpartiepart; party; game, play
2Frenchpartirto share, to share out, to divide; to go away,...
3Middle Frenchpartirto leave; to divide up
4Old Frenchpartirto leave; to divide up
5Latinpartiō—
6Latinparspart, side, piece, share; some; faction
7Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
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