'Part' displaced native Old English 'dael' and spawned 'particle,' 'partner,' 'party,' 'depart,' and 'apartment.'
A piece or segment of something that, combined with other pieces, makes up the whole; a portion, division, or component.
From Old French 'part' (portion, share, side), from Latin 'partem' (accusative of 'pars'), meaning 'a share, a piece, a portion.' The Latin word derives from PIE root *perh₂- meaning 'to grant, to allot.' The same root produced Latin 'parāre' (to prepare, literally 'to make ready a portion'), which gave English
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