compartir

/kompaɾˈtiɾ/ · A2 · verb

to share

🍕 com (with) + partir (to part, split) = to split something with others

From Latin compartiri: com- (together) + partiri (to divide), the same root as English part and partition. Its English cousin is compartment, a space that has been divided up. To compartir is to part something out among people.

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