Where does “parts” come from?
parts (French) comes from French part, from Latin partus, from Latin pariō, from Latin -iō, from Proto-West Germanic -jō, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
parts (French): plural of part
Definitions
- plural of part
Ancestry of “parts”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | part | share; portion, part, slice; proportion |
| 2 | Latin | partus | born, given birth to, having been born; gained,... |
| 3 | Latin | pariō | to bear, to give birth to |
| 4 | Latin | -iō | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -jō | Forms agent nouns from verbs |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 8 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |