Part

Morpheme

Part

Type

free base

Denotation

portion, piece, share, division

Etymology

(1) Middle English part; Old English part and Old French part; Latin partem, from pars; (2) Middle English parten; Old French partir; Latin partīre, from pars

Evidence

afterpart, afterparty, apart, apartment, apparatus, bipartient, bipartisan, bipartite, bipartitely, bipartiteness, bipartitism, compartment, daypart, depart, department, equibipartite, forepart, impart, midpart, mispart, mouthpart, multipart, multipartite, nonbipartite, overpart, part, partable, partage, parte, parted, parthood, parti, partial, partially, participant, participate, participated, participates, participating, participation, participial, participialize, participle, particle, particular, particularity, particulate, partied, partier, parties, parting, partis, partisan, partisanism, partisanry, partisanship, partita, partite, partition, partitioner, partitive, partless, partly, partner, partonym, parts, party, partying, quindecupartite, repartee, subpart, tripart, underpart, unpart, unparted, upperpart

Notes

party and partita are doublets

See Also

Parse, Partner, Parcen, Champart, Champert

Homographs

Part, Part