particularity

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*perh₃-“to provide, produce, beget”
2. Latin · derived fromparticulāris“particular; partial”
3. Late Latin · derived fromparticularitas“fact or quality of being particular; something particular, particularity”
4. Middle French · derived fromparticularité“part of a whole; something particular, particularity”
5. English todayparticularity

From Middle French particularité (“part of a whole; something particular, particularity”) (modern French particularité), and from its etymon Late Latin particularitas (“fact or quality of being particular; something particular, particularity”), from Latin particulāris (“particular; partial”) + -tās (suffix forming feminine abstract nouns indicating a state of being). Particulāris is derived from particula (“particle, small part”) (from pars (“a part, piece, portion, share”) (probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *perh₃- (“to provide, produce, beget”)) + -cula (diminutive suffix)) + -āris (suffix denoting a relationship, forming adjectives). The English word is analysable as particular + -ity (suffix forming nouns from adjectives, referring to the properties, qualities, or states of what is denoted by the adjectives).