departamento

/depaɾtaˈmento/ · A2 · noun · m

apartment, flat

🏢 depart + ment: a part divided off, whether an office unit or a flat

From French département, from départir, to divide. A departamento is one divided-off part of a bigger whole: a section of a company or a single flat in a building. English apartment shares the same part root.

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