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- bipartite (adj.)[bipartite 词源字典]
- 1570s, from Latin bipartitus "divided," past participle of bipartire "to divide into two parts," from bi- (see bi-) + partitus, past participle of partiri "to divide" (see part (v.)).[bipartite etymology, bipartite origin, 英语词源]
- multipartite (adj.)
- also multi-partite, 1721, from Latin multipartitus "divided into many parts," from multi- (see multi-) + partitus, past participle of partire "to divide" (see partition).
- quadripartite (adj.)
- early 15c., from Latin quadripartitus, from quadri- "four" (see quadri-) + partitus, past participle of partiri "to divide" (see part (v.)).
- tripartite (adj.)
- "divided in three," early 15c., from Latin tripartitus "divided into three parts," from tri- "three" (see three) + partitus, past participle of partiri "to divide" (see part (v.)).
- sexpartite
- "Divided or involving division into six parts", Mid 18th century: from sexi- 'six' + partite, on the pattern of words such as bipartite.