partial

The story

1. Latin · derived frompars“part”
2. Late Latin · derived frompartiālis“of or pertaining to a part”
3. Old French · derived fromparcial“biased or particular”
4. Middle English · inherited frompartiall
5. English todaypartial

From Middle English partiall, parcial, from Old French parcial (“biased or particular”), from Late Latin partiālis (“of or pertaining to a part”), from Latin pars (“part”).

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