Where does “pare” come from?
Pare comes from Old French parer, from Latin paro, from Latin par, from Proto-Indo-European per.
pare (English): to remove the outer covering or skin of something...
Definitions
- to remove the outer covering or skin of something...
Ancestry of “pare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | parer | to arrange, prepare, trim; to defend |
| 2 | Latin | parō | to arrange, order, contrive, design |
| 3 | Latin | pectus | chest, breast; heart, breast, as the seat of... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | pektos | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | peg- | breast |
| 6 | English | polyethylene glycol | Any of a series of water-soluble polymers, of... |