pars

Meaning

1. (declension-3, feminine) a part, portion, piece, share
2. (declension-3, feminine) pars ... pars ..., some ... others ...
3. (declension-3, feminine, plural-normally) a party, fraction, side
4. (declension-3, feminine, in-plural) a part, character
5. (declension-3, feminine, in-plural) a part, character
6. (declension-3, feminine) a lot, portion, fate
7. (declension-3, feminine) a portion or share of food
8. (declension-3, feminine) a task, lesson
9. (declension-3, feminine) a part, place, region of the earth
10. (declension-3, feminine) a part, fraction
11. (declension-3, feminine) a part of a body, a member
12. (declension-3, feminine, plural-normally) a party
13. (declension-3, feminine) a direction

Concepts

part

share

piece

side

portion

component

ingredient

Parthian

quarter

quota

region

section

stock

certificate

component part

constituent

element

hand

✋

movement

party

🥳

Synonyms

locus

fragmentum

mica

portio

frustum

Translations

partie

Teil

parte

parte

deel

parte

parça

pedaço

part

pedazo

Anteil

جُزْء

côté

stuk

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈpars]

Etymology

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.