particella
Italian
Etymology
From Late Latin particella, diminutive of Latin particula. Doublet of particola and parcella. By surface analysis, parte + -icella.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /par.tiˈt͡ʃɛl.la/
- Rhymes: -ɛlla
- Hyphenation: par‧ti‧cèl‧la
Noun
particella f (plural particelle)
- (grammar, physics) particle
Related terms
- parte
- particella di raggio cosmico
See also
- (parts of speech) parte del discorso; aggettivo, articolo, avverbio, congiunzione, interiezione/interjezione, nome, nome aggettivo, nome sostantivo, numero, particella, preposizione, pronome, sostantivo, verbo (Category: it:Parts of speech)
Further reading
- particella in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Etymology
From particula + -la (diminutive ending). Attested in the Albertini Tablets.[1]
Noun
particella f (genitive particellae); first declension
- (Late Latin) small portion
Descendants
- Balkan Romance:
- Romanian: părticea
- Italo-Romance:
- Italian: particella
- Gallo-Romance:
- Old French: parcelle
- French: parcelle (see there for further descendants)
- → Middle Dutch: parcheel, perceel
- Dutch: perceel
- → Middle English: parcel
- English: parcel
- Old French: parcelle
- Occitano-Romance:
- Old Occitan: parsela
- Occitan: parcèla
- Old Occitan: parsela
- Ibero-Romance:
- Mozarabic: [Term?]
- → Catalan: barcella
- Spanish: partecilla
- Mozarabic: [Term?]
References
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “*particella”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 7: N–Pas, page 675
- https://papyri.info/ddbdp/t.alb;;4