Etymology of the English word partitive
the English word
partitivederived from the Old French word
partitifderived from the Medieval Latin word
partitivusderived from the Latin word
partitusderived from the Vulgar Latin word
partire (share, divide up, distribute)
derived from the Classical Latin word
partiri (share, divide up, distribute)
derived from the Latin word
pars (part; part, region; share; role; office, function)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
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Word found in Modern English