part

English

/pɑːt/, /pɑɹt/, /pɐːt/

noun
Definitions
  • A portion; a component.
  • Duty; responsibility.
  • (US) The dividing line formed by combing the hair in different directions.
  • (Judaism) In the Hebrew lunisolar calendar, a unit of time equivalent to 3⅓ seconds.
  • A constituent of character or capacity; quality; faculty; talent; usually in the plural with a collective sense.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English part inherited from Old English part (part) derived from Old French part (part) derived from Latin partem derived from Proto-Indo-European *par-.

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*par-

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