Depart
/dɪˈpɑːrt/noun
To leave a place or to go away from someone or something.
Did you know?In its oldest Latin form, depart literally meant “to divide apart,” which is why the word still carries that eerie sense of separation and removal.
Etymological Timeline
Latin
Latin
dēpartīrī
“to divide, distribute, or separate”
Old French
Old French
departir
“to divide, share out, separate”
Middle English
English
departen
“to divide; later, to leave or go away”
Modern English
English
depart
“to leave or go away from a place”