Where does “partikularità” come from?
partikularità (Maltese) comes from Italian particolarità, from Latin particularitas, from Latin particulāris, from Latin particula, from Latin pars, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.
partikularità (Maltese): particularity
Definitions
- particularity
Ancestry of “partikularità”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | particolarità | a particularity, peculiarity or feature |
| 2 | Latin | particularitas | — |
| 3 | Latin | particulāris | particular |
| 4 | Latin | particula | small part, particle |
| 5 | Latin | pars | part, side, piece, share; some; faction |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |