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Where does “apartan” come from?

apartan (Serbo-Croatian) comes 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.

apartan (Serbo-Croatian): exquisite; different; stylish

Definitions

  1. exquisite; different; stylish

Ancestry of “apartan”, step by step

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