Etymology

apart

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Today it means: Placed separately (in regard to space or time). Full definition →

Middle English apart ← Anglo-Norman a part ← Latin ad partem
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  1. Latin · derived fromad partem“to the side”
  2. Anglo-Norman · derived froma part
  3. Middle English · inherited fromapart
  4. English todayapart

From Middle English apart, aparte, a-part, a part, from Anglo-Norman a part, from Latin ad partem (“to the side”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.