parcel

The story

1. Latin · derived fromparticula“particle”
2. Late Latin · derived fromparticella
3. Old French · derived fromparcelle“a small piece or part, a parcel, a particle”
4. Middle English · inherited fromparcel
5. English todayparcel

From Middle English parcel, from Old French parcelle (“a small piece or part, a parcel, a particle”), from Late Latin particella, diminutive of Latin particula (“particle”), diminutive of partem (“part, piece”). Doublet of particle.

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