English
repartimiento
Repartimiento comes from Spanish repartir ‘to divide’, from Latin pars ‘part, piece’, and ultimately from Proto-Italic *partis.
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*partis1‘part’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpars1‘part, piece’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpartiō2as partīre‘to distribute, divide’
- Spanishc. 1500–presentpartir3‘to divide, split’
- Spanishc. 1500–presentrepartir4‘to divide’
- Englishearliest quotation 1831repartimiento4
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Latin partio
- 2 Wiktionary, Spanish partir
- 3 Wiktionary, Spanish repartir
- 4 Wiktionary, English repartimiento
- Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1831, Washington Irving, Voyages and Discoveries of the Companions of Columbus: “He could not withstand these sneers, but resigned his…”.
Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.
Lineage
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*partisWiktionary, Latin partio‘part’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEparsWiktionary, Latin partio‘part, piece’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpartiōWiktionary, Spanish partiras partīre‘to distribute, divide’
- Spanishc. 1500–presentpartirWiktionary, Spanish repartir‘to divide, split’
- Spanishc. 1500–presentrepartirWiktionary, English repartimiento‘to divide’
- Englishearliest quotation 1831repartimientoWiktionary, English repartimiento. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1831, Washington Irving, Voyages and Discoveries of the Companions of Columbus: “He could not withstand these sneers, but resigned his…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *perh₃- ‘to provide, produce, beget’
expert, empire, imperial, experiment, repair, preparation, para, partisan, parental, parity, imperium, imperious, rampart, pare, 31 more
through Proto-Indo-European *pérh₃tis
through Proto-Italic *partis ‘part’
particular, participate, participation, partial, particle, particulate, 14 more
through Latin pars ‘part, piece’
through Latin partiō ‘to distribute, divide’
Today it means
noun A partition or distribution, especially of slaves.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “repartimiento”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin partio, Spanish partir, Spanish repartir. 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-Italic *partis / repartimiento