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pars.

a part, portion, piece, share

4 characters1 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈpars]Classical-Latin[ˈpars]

  1. a part, portion, piece, share

    declension-3 · feminine

  2. pars ... pars ..., some ... others ...

    declension-3 · feminine

  3. a party, fraction, side

    declension-3 · feminine · plural-normally

  4. a part, character

    declension-3 · feminine · in-plural

  5. a part, character a part, function, office, duty

    declension-3 · feminine · in-plural

  6. a lot, portion, fate

    declension-3 · feminine

  7. a portion or share of food

    declension-3 · feminine

  8. a task, lesson

    declension-3 · feminine

  9. a part, place, region of the earth

    declension-3 · feminine

  10. a part, fraction

    declension-3 · feminine

  11. a part of a body, a member

    declension-3 · feminine

  12. a party

    declension-3 · feminine · plural-normally

  13. a direction

    declension-3 · feminine
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Italic *partis > parts > pars. Probably from the same root as pār and portiō. This could be the Proto-Indo-European root *perh₂- (“sell, exchange”), which also gave the Ancient Greek πόρνη (pórnē, “prostitute”), and πέρνημι (pérnēmi, “sell”). Others refer to (the perhaps identical) Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to pass through”), whence Latin porta, portus, parō, pariō, perīculum, experior, Ancient Greek πέρα (péra), πείρω (peírō), πόρος (póros), Proto-Germanic *faraną (“to go, to travel”) and *fērō (“danger”), whence English fare and fear, German fahren and Gefahr. While keeping the separate root Proto-Indo-European *sperH-, that could also explain Latin parcus, parcō, Ancient Greek σπαρνός (sparnós), English spare. According to Michiel De Vaan's Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (2008), probably from the same root as pariō.

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