participates

verb

(intransitive) To join in, to take part, to involve oneself (in something).

(obsolete, transitive) To share, to take part in (something).

(obsolete) To share (something) with others; to transfer (something) to or unto others.

adjective

(obsolete) Acting in common; participating.

Roots

partiripart- · Latin · to divide, share out capio-cip · Latin · take, seize

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Where does participates come from?

The word participates breaks down into 2 roots of Latin origin: part-, from Latin partiri (“to divide, share out”); and -cip, from Latin capio (“take, seize”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.