Etymology

parter

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Today it means: A work in a specified number of parts. Full definition →

English part ← Middle English parten ← Old French partir
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parter · noun1

From part (“noun”) + -er.

parter · noun2

  1. Proto-Indo-European*perh₃-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pérh₃tis?
  3. Proto-Italic*partis
  4. Latinpars
  5. Latinpartīre
  6. Old Frenchpartir
  7. Middle Englishparten
  8. Englishpart
  9. English todayparter

From part (“verb”) + -er (“agent suffix”).

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