Where does “partir” come from?

partir (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese partir, from Latin partiō, from Latin pars, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.

partir (Galician): to go away, to leave, to depart; to split,...

Definitions

  1. to go away, to leave, to depart; to split,...

Ancestry of “partir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesepartirto depart
2Latinpartiōto share, part, apportion; divide, distribute
3Latinparspart, side, piece, share; some; faction
4Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

Words derived from “partir”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós →Every word from Proto-Indo-European per- →Every word from Latin pars →
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