Where does “parforhold” come from?

parforhold (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.

parforhold (Danish): the relationship that exists between two people who are a couple

Definitions

  1. the relationship that exists between two people who are a couple

Ancestry of “parforhold”, step by step

parforhold traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish par

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishparpair; couple; par
2EnglishPARInitialism of periodic automatic replenishment:...
3Jamaican CreoleparTo associate, to chill, to hang
4Jamaican Creolepartnerpartner
5EnglishpartnerSomeone who is associated with another in a...
6Middle Englishpartener
7EnglishparcenerA coheir, or one of two or more heirs to an...
8Old Frenchparçoniercoholder; co-owner; coheir; parcener; participant
9Old Frenchparçondivision; separation
10Latinpartitionemaccusative singular of partītiō
11LatinpartitioThe act of sharing or parting; partition,...
12Latinpartīre
13Latinparspart, side, piece, share; some; faction
14Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
15Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

via Danish forhold

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishforholdrelation; relationship; proportion
2Danishforholdeto relate
3Middle Low Germanvorholdento detain
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós