Etymology

partition

par·ti·tion
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Today it means: An action which divides a thing into parts, or separates one thing from another. Full definition →

Middle English particioun ← Old French particion ← Latin partitio, partitionem
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  1. Latin · derived frompartitio, partitionem“division, portion”
  2. Old French · derived fromparticion
  3. Middle English · inherited fromparticioun
  4. English todaypartition

Recorded c.1430, "division into shares, distinction," from Middle English particioun, from Old French particion (modern partition), from Latin partitio, partitionem (“division, portion”), from partitus, the past participle of partire (“to split (up), part(ition)”).

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