Where does “ægtepar” come from?
ægtepar (Danish) comes from Danish par, from English PAR, from Jamaican Creole par, from Jamaican Creole partner, from English partner, from Middle English partener, from English parcener, from Old French parçonier — passed , crossed.
ægtepar (Danish): married couple
Definitions
- married couple
Ancestry of “ægtepar”, step by step
ægtepar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish par
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | par | pair; couple; par |
| 2 | English | PAR | Initialism of periodic automatic replenishment:... |
| 3 | Jamaican Creole | par | To associate, to chill, to hang |
| 4 | Jamaican Creole | partner | partner |
| 5 | English | partner | Someone who is associated with another in a... |
| 6 | Middle English | partener | — |
| 7 | English | parcener | A coheir, or one of two or more heirs to an... |
| 8 | Old French | parçonier | coholder; co-owner; coheir; parcener; participant |
| 9 | Old French | parçon | division; separation |
| 10 | Latin | partitionem | accusative singular of partītiō |
| 11 | Latin | partitio | The act of sharing or parting; partition,... |
| 12 | Latin | partīre | — |
| 13 | Latin | pars | part, side, piece, share; some; faction |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via Danish ægte
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | ægte | true, right; to marry |
| 2 | Middle Low German | echt | lawful, genuine |
| 3 | Old Dutch | ēhaft | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | aiwahaft | lawful; true, genuine, real; honourable |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | haft | captive |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | haftaz | captive, bound |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂ptós | grabbed |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂p- | to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,... |