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Particle

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means a minute portion of matter, or a fundamental unit of physical substance
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Stage 1 of 2
particula
Latin · ancient
"a small part"
a diminutive of pars (part), literally a small part
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Stage 2 of 2
particle
English · 1300s
"a minute portion of matter"
settled as the English word for a minute portion of matter
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