Etymology

impart

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Today it means: To give or bestow (e.g. a quality or property). Full definition →

Middle English imparten ← Middle French impartir ← Late Latin impartiō
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The story

  1. Latin · derived frompartiō“divide”
  2. Late Latin · derived fromimpartiō
  3. Middle French · derived fromimpartir
  4. Middle English · inherited fromimparten
  5. English todayimpart

From Middle English imparten, borrowed from Middle French impartir, empartir, from Late Latin impartiō, impertiō, from im- (“in”) + Latin partiō (“divide”).

Words from the same roots

Latinpartiō all →

partible

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