English
partage
Partage comes from Middle French partir ‘to share’, from Old French partir ‘to leave’, and perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *perh₃- ‘to grant’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*perh₃-1‘to grant’uncertain
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*partis2‘part’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpars3‘part, piece’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpartiō3‘share, part’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpartior4as partīre
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400partir4‘to leave’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600partir5‘to share’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600partage5
- Englishearliest quotation 1603partage5
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Proto-Italic *partis
- 2 Wiktionary, Latin pars
- 3 Wiktionary, Latin partior
- 4 Wiktionary, Middle French partir
- 5 Wiktionary, English partage
- Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1603, Michel de Montaigne, The Essayes […]: “looke into our Royall house, where so many partages…”.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*perh₃-Wiktionary, Proto-Italic *partis‘to grant’uncertain
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*partisWiktionary, Latin pars‘part’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEparsWiktionary, Latin partior‘part, piece’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpartiōWiktionary, Latin partior‘share, part’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpartiorWiktionary, Middle French partiras partīre
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400partirWiktionary, Middle French partir‘to leave’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600partirWiktionary, English partage‘to share’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600partageWiktionary, English partage
- Englishearliest quotation 1603partageWiktionary, English partage. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1603, Michel de Montaigne, The Essayes […]: “looke into our Royall house, where so many partages…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *perh₃- ‘to grant’
empire, experiment, expert, imperial, repair, preparation, para, partisan, parental, parity, imperium, imperious, pare, rampart, 31 more
through Proto-Italic *partis ‘part’
through Latin pars ‘part, piece’
particular, participate, participation, partial, particle, parcel, particulate, parse, 14 more
through Latin partiō ‘share, part’
depart, impart, bipartite, 7 more
through Latin partior
through Old French partir ‘to leave’
through Middle French partir ‘to share’
Today it means
noun A part, portion or share.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “partage”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Proto-Italic *partis, Latin pars, Latin partior, Middle French partir. 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.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *perh₃- / partage