The story
- Latin · derived frompartītiō, partītiōnem“division”
- Old French · derived fromparçon“part, portion, share, division”
- Anglo-Norman · derived fromparcenerie
- English todayparcenary
From Anglo-Norman parcenerie, from parcener, from Old French parçon (“part, portion, share, division”), from Latin partītiō, partītiōnem (“division”), from partīre, from pars. By surface analysis, parcen + -ary.
Words from the same roots
Latinpartītiō all →
parcenparcener
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.