Where does “parents” come from?

parents (Catalan) comes from Catalan parent, from Latin parēns, from Latin pariō, from Latin -iō, from Proto-West Germanic -jō, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.

parents (Catalan): plural of parent

Definitions

  1. plural of parent

Ancestry of “parents”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanparentrelative
2Latinparēnsparent, mother, father
3Latinpariōto bear, to give birth to
4Latin-iō—
5Proto-West Germanic-jōForms agent nouns from verbs
6Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
8Chichewaiyehe, she
Every word from Chichewa iye →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yéti →Every word from Latin -iō →