"part" in seven languages
Meaningpart
Spanish
parte
/ˈpaɾte/
fem.inherited
French
partie
/paʁti/
fem.other source · Old French partie, participle of partir ← Latin PARTĪRĪ 'to share out'
Part (← PARTEM) survives in à part, de ma part, quelque part.
Italian
parte
/ˈparte/
fem.inherited
Portuguese
parte
/ˈpahtʃi/
fem.inherited
Romanian
parte
/ˈparte/
fem.inherited
Catalan
part
/part/
fem.inherited
English
part
/pɑɹt/
from Latin/French · Latin PARTEM, via Old English and Old French
English → ItalianpartparteCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
PARTEM‘part, share’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Spanish and Italian kept PARTEM whole; French prefers partie, 'the shared-out bit', from the related verb. 'To be part of' is faire partie de — literally 'make part of', like Italian fare parte di.
English relatives: party, partial, particle, apart
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- esEs parte del trabajo.
- frÇa fait partie du travail.
- itFa parte del lavoro.
- ptFaz parte do trabalho.
- roFace parte din meserie.
- caForma part de la feina.
- enIt's part of the job.