Etymograph

English

appartement

Appartement comes from French appartement ‘apartment, flat’, from Spanish apartamiento ‘separation, seclusion’, and ultimately from apartar.

  1. Spanishc. 1500–presentapartar1‘to separate, to divide’
  2. Spanishc. 1500–presentapartamiento2‘separation, seclusion’
  3. Italianc. 1300–presentappartamento2‘apartment, flat’
  4. Frenchc. 1600–presentappartement3‘apartment, flat’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1996appartement3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Spanish apartamiento
  2. 2 Wiktionary, French appartement
  3. 3 Wiktionary, English appartement
  4. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1996, Ammadj Sedik, exchange of flat Paris-London (échange d'appartement): “I am a French student of litterature who would…”.

Lineage

  1. Spanishc. 1500–presentapartarWiktionary, Spanish apartamiento‘to separate, to divide’
  2. Spanishc. 1500–presentapartamientoWiktionary, French appartement‘separation, seclusion’
  3. Italianc. 1300–presentappartamentoWiktionary, French appartement‘apartment, flat’
  4. Frenchc. 1600–presentappartementWiktionary, English appartement‘apartment, flat’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1996appartementWiktionary, English appartement. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1996, Ammadj Sedik, exchange of flat Paris-London (échange d'appartement): “I am a French student of litterature who would…”

Linked words

through French appartement ‘apartment, flat’

apartment

Today it means

noun —

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “appartement”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Spanish apartamiento, French appartement. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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