Where does “apart” come from?

apart (Kashubian) comes from German apart, from French à part, from Italian a parte, from English apart, from Middle English apart, from Anglo-Norman a part, from Latin ad partem — to the side.

apart (Kashubian): separately

Definitions

  1. separately

Ancestry of “apart”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanapartfancy, distinctive
2Frenchà partapart; exceptional, special; apart from, except
3Italiana parteaside
4EnglishapartPlaced separately; separately, exclusively, not...
5Middle Englishapart—
6Anglo-Normana part—
7Latinad partemto the side

Words derived from “apart”

Every word from Latin ad partem →Every word from Anglo-Norman a part →Every word from Middle English apart →