Etymograph

English

partite

Partite comes from Latin partītus ‘shared, parted, distributed, divided, having…’, and goes back to Proto-Italic *partis ‘part’.

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*partis1‘part’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpars1‘a part, portion, piece, share’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpartiō1‘to share, part, apportion’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpartior1
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpartītus1‘shared, parted, distributed, divided, having been shared’
  6. Englishtodaypartite1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English partite

Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*partisWiktionary, English partite‘part’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEparsWiktionary, English partite‘a part, portion, piece, share’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpartiōWiktionary, English partite‘to share, part, apportion’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpartiorWiktionary, English partite
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpartītusWiktionary, English partite‘shared, parted, distributed, divided, having been shared’
  6. EnglishtodaypartiteWiktionary, English partite

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *perh₃- ‘to provide, produce, beget’

empire, experiment, expert, imperial, repair, preparation, parental, para, parity, imperium, imperious, pare, rampart, 40 more

through Latin pars ‘a part, portion, piece, share’

parcel, parse, 21 more

through Latin partiō ‘to share, part, apportion’

depart, impart, 9 more

through Latin partior

repartee, parter, 5 more

through Latin partītus ‘shared, parted, distributed, divided, having…’

party, 2 more

Today it means

adj Divided into parts.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “partite”. 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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