Etymology of the French word appartement
the French word
appartementderived from the Italian word
appartamentoderived from the Italian word
appartarederived from the Italian word
partederived from the Latin word
pars (part; part, region; share; role; office, function)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*perə-Date
The earliest known usage of appartement in French dates from the 16th century.
Derivations in other languages
English
apartment, Portuguese
apartamento, Romanian
apartamentCognates
Dutch
appartement, English
apartment, German
Appartement
