Editing Participle (section)

==Etymology==

The word ''participle'' comes from classical Latin {{Lang|la|participium}},<ref>{{L&S|participium|ref}}</ref> from {{Lang|la|particeps}} 'sharing, participation', because it shares certain properties of verbs, adjectives, and adverbs. The Latin grammatical term is a [[calque]] of the Greek grammatical term {{Lang|grc|μετοχή}} : ''metochē'', 'participation, participle'.<ref>{{LSJ|metoxh/|μετοχή|ref}}</ref><ref>''[[Oxford English Dictionary]]'', [https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/138252 ''s.v.'']</ref>

The linguistic term, ''past participle'', was coined circa 1798<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/past%20participle| title = Past participle Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster}}</ref> based on its participial form, whose morphology equates to the regular form of [[preterite]] verbs. The term, ''present participle'', was first used circa 1864<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/present%20participle| title = Present participle Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster}}</ref> to facilitate grammatical distinctions. Despite the taxonomical use of "past" and "present" as associated with the aforementioned participles, their respective semantic use can entail any tense, regardless of aspect, depending on how they are structurally combined.