Etymology

unpart

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Today it means: To remove a parting from (the hair). Full definition →

English part ← Middle English parten ← Old French partir
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
  3. Proto-Germanic*anda-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*anda-
  5. Old Englishand-
  6. Old Englishon-
  7. Middle Englishon-
  8. Englishun-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*perh₃-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*pérh₃tis?
  11. Proto-Italic*partis
  12. Latinpars
  13. Latinpartīre
  14. Old Frenchpartir
  15. Middle Englishparten
  16. Englishpart
  17. English todayunpart

From un- + part.

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