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Where does “pars” come from?

pars (Latin) comes from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.

pars (Latin): part, side, piece, share; some; faction

Definitions

  1. part, side, piece, share; some; faction

Ancestry of “pars”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

Words derived from “pars”

  • part
  • particular
  • party
  • parts
  • particularly
  • department
  • partly
  • partial
  • partially
  • depart
  • partition
  • parting
  • treasury
  • parcel
  • dispersion
  • partisan
  • compartment
  • Bonaparte
  • impart
  • departmental
  • partiality
  • particulate
  • partisanship
  • parse
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