Etymology

participle

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Today it means: A form of a verb that may function as an adjective, noun or adverb. English has two types of participles: the present participle and the past participle. In other languages, there are others, such as future, perfect, and future perfect participles. Full definition →

Middle English participle ← Old French participle ← Latin participium
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  1. Latin · derived fromparticipium
  2. Old French · derived fromparticiple
  3. Middle English · inherited fromparticiple
  4. English todayparticiple

From Middle English participle, from Old French participle (1388), variant of participe, from Latin participium.

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