Where does “apart” come from?

apart (Swedish) 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.

apart (Swedish): clearly deviating from the norm, peculiar, unique

Definitions

  1. clearly deviating from the norm, peculiar, unique

Ancestry of “apart”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchà partapart; exceptional, special; apart from, except
2Italiana parteaside
3EnglishapartPlaced separately; separately, exclusively, not...
4Middle Englishapart
5Anglo-Normana part
6Latinad partemto the side
Every word from Latin ad partemEvery word from Anglo-Norman a partEvery word from Middle English apart
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