Where does “Sprachpartner” come from?

Sprachpartner (German) comes from German Partner, from English partner, from Middle English partener, from English parcener, from Old French parçonier, from Old French parçon, from Latin partitionem, from Latin partitio — passed , crossed.

Sprachpartner (German): language exchange partner male or of unspecified gender

Definitions

  1. language exchange partner male or of unspecified gender

Ancestry of “Sprachpartner”, step by step

Sprachpartner traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Partner

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanPartnerpartner, associate
2EnglishpartnerSomeone who is associated with another in a...
3Middle Englishpartener—
4EnglishparcenerA coheir, or one of two or more heirs to an...
5Old Frenchparçoniercoholder; co-owner; coheir; parcener; participant
6Old Frenchparçondivision; separation
7Latinpartitionemaccusative singular of partītiō
8LatinpartitioThe act of sharing or parting; partition,...
9Latinpartīre—
10Latinparspart, side, piece, share; some; faction
11Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
12Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

via German sprāche

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germansprāchelanguage body of words, and set of methods of combining them
2Middle High Germansprāche—
3Old High Germansprāhha—
4Proto-West Germanic*sprākuspeech, language

Words derived from “Sprachpartner”

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