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Where does “parvis” come from?

parvis (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.

parvis (Danish): pairwise; pairwise, in pairs, two by two

Definitions

  1. pairwise; pairwise, in pairs, two by two

Ancestry of “parvis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishparpair; couple; par
2EnglishPARInitialism of periodic automatic replenishment:...
3Jamaican Creolepar—
4Jamaican Creolepartner—
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
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