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

  1. Initialism of periodic automatic replenishment:...

Ancestry of “PAR”, step by step

PAR traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Jamaican Creole par

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

via French par

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchparthrough; by; over
2Middle Frenchparby
3Old Frenchparby; via; because of; due to; by
4Latinperthrough, by means of; throughout, during
5LatinAdtoward, to
6Latinilliche, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that...
7Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
8LatinolleArchaic form of ille
9Proto-Italic*olnosthat

via Latin pār

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpāreven (of a number)
2Proto-Indo-EuropeanperH-to fly; fore, first; exchange

Words derived from “PAR

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós