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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

  1. to remove the outer covering or skin of something...

Ancestry of “Pare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchparerto arrange, prepare, trim; to defend
2Latinparō—
3Latinpectuschest, breast; heart, breast, as the seat of...
4Proto-Italicpektos—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpeg-breast
6Englishpolyethylene glycolAny of a series of water-soluble polymers, of...

Words derived from “Pare”

  • paring
  • parer
  • cheesepare
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