Where does “PAR” come from?
PAR (English) comes from Jamaican Creole par, from Jamaican Creole partner, from English partner, from Middle English partener, from English parcener, from Old French parçonier, from Old French parçon, from Latin partitionem — passed , crossed.
PAR (English): Initialism of periodic automatic replenishment:...
Definitions
- Initialism of periodic automatic replenishment:...
Ancestry of “PAR”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Jamaican Creole | par | — |
| 2 | Jamaican Creole | partner | — |
| 3 | English | partner | Someone who is associated with another in a... |
| 4 | Middle English | partener | — |
| 5 | English | parcener | A coheir, or one of two or more heirs to an... |
| 6 | Old French | parçonier | coholder; co-owner; coheir; parcener; participant |
| 7 | Old French | parçon | division; separation |
| 8 | Latin | partitionem | accusative singular of partītiō |
| 9 | Latin | partitio | The act of sharing or parting; partition,... |
| 10 | Latin | partīre | — |
| 11 | Latin | pars | part, side, piece, share; some; faction |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |