Radical: part-.
1. part: from partis = a share.
2. par'ticle: part + (i)cle = a small part.
3. par'tial: part + (i)al = relating to a part rather than the whole: hence, inclined to favor one party or person or thing.
4. par'ty: through Fr. n. partie: a set of persons (that is, a part of the people) engaged in some design.
5. par'tisan: through Fr. n. partisan = a party man.
6. depart': de + part = to take one's self away from one part to another.
EXERCISE.
(1.) What part of speech is "part" besides a noun?—Write a sentence containing this word as a noun; another as a verb.
(2.) Point out the connection of meaning between "particle" and "particular." Ans. "Particular"' means taking note of the minute parts or particles of a given subject.