Party
/ˈpɑːrti/noun
A social gathering for celebration, recreation, or a political organization.
Did you know?The English sense of “party” as a social gathering is relatively late; earlier it mainly meant a faction, side, or group split from a larger whole.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*per-
“to divide, to apportion, to sell”
Latin
Latin
partiri
“to divide, share, distribute”
Latin
Latin
partiarius
“sharing, participating; belonging to a part”
Old French
Old French
partie
“a part, side, faction; a group or party”
Middle English
English
party
“a side in a dispute, faction, or group”
Modern English
English
party
“a social gathering or an organized political group”