Participate
/pɑːrˈtɪs.ɪ.peɪt/noun
To take part in an activity or event.
Did you know?Participate comes from Latin participare, built from pars (“a share”) + capere (“to take”), so the word originally meant taking a portion, not just joining in.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*per-
“to assign, allot, give a share”
Latin
Latin
pars
“a part, share, portion”
Latin
Latin
capere
“to take, seize, hold”
Late Latin
Latin
participare
“to share in, take part in”
Middle English
English
participaten
“to take part in, share in”
Modern English
English
participate
“to take part in an activity or event”