Etymograph

English

partitur

Partitur comes from German Partitur ‘full score, conductor's score,’, from Latin partior ‘divide, partition, share’, and perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *perh₃- ‘to grant’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*perh₃-1‘to grant’uncertain
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*partis2‘part’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpars3‘part, piece’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpartiō3‘share, part’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpartior4as partīre‘divide, partition, share’
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpartito4
  7. Italianc. 1300–presentpartitura4‘partition, musical score’
  8. Germanc. 1650–presentPartitur4‘full score, conductor's score,’
  9. Englishearliest quotation 2011partitur4

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Proto-Italic *partis
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Latin pars
  3. 3 Wiktionary, Latin partior
  4. 4 Wiktionary, English partitur
  5. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2011, Steven Suskin: “The partiturs for the popular shows, though, were apparently…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*perh₃-Wiktionary, Proto-Italic *partis‘to grant’uncertain
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*partisWiktionary, Latin pars‘part’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEparsWiktionary, Latin partior‘part, piece’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpartiōWiktionary, Latin partior‘share, part’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpartiorWiktionary, English partituras partīre‘divide, partition, share’
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpartitoWiktionary, English partitur
  7. Italianc. 1300–presentpartituraWiktionary, English partitur‘partition, musical score’
  8. Germanc. 1650–presentPartiturWiktionary, English partitur‘full score, conductor's score,’
  9. Englishearliest quotation 2011partiturWiktionary, English partitur. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2011, Steven Suskin: “The partiturs for the popular shows, though, were apparently…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *perh₃- ‘to grant’

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

through Latin pars ‘part, piece’

parcel, parse, 21 more

through Latin partiō ‘share, part’

depart, impart, bipartite, 8 more

through Latin partior ‘divide, partition, share’

party, repartee, parter, 5 more

Today it means

noun A full score, conductor's score (with a separate line for every part).

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “partitur”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Proto-Italic *partis, Latin pars, Latin partior. 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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