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Where does “alloparenting” come from?

alloparenting (English) comes from English parenting, from English parent, from Middle French parent, from Old French parent, from Latin parēns, from Latin pariō, from Latin -iō, from Proto-West Germanic -jō — he, she.

alloparenting (English): Parental behaviour towards infants and young from...

Definitions

  1. Parental behaviour towards infants and young from...

Ancestry of “alloparenting”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishparentingThe process of raising and educating a child from...
2EnglishparentOne of the two persons from whom one is...
3Middle Frenchparentparent
4Old Frenchparentparent
5Latinparēns—
6Latinpariō—
7Latin-iō—
8Proto-West Germanic-jōForms agent nouns from verbs
9Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
10Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
11Chichewaiyehe, she
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