Where does “bedpartner” come from?
bedpartner (English) comes from English bed, from Middle English bed, from Old English bedd, from Proto-West Germanic badi, from Persian بدی, from Persian بد, from Middle Persian 𐭯𐭥𐭭, from Proto-Iranian pati- — to fit, to fix, to put together.
bedpartner (English): One who shares the bed of another
Definitions
- One who shares the bed of another
Ancestry of “bedpartner”, step by step
bedpartner traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English bed
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | bed | A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on... |
| 2 | Middle English | bed | A place of rest or sleep |
| 3 | Old English | bedd | bed |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | badi | bed |
| 5 | Persian | بدی | badness |
| 6 | Persian | بد | bad; not good; evil; poorly, badly |
| 7 | Middle Persian | 𐭯𐭥𐭭 | to; at; in |
| 8 | Proto-Iranian | pati- | against, toward; lord |
| 9 | Proto-Iranian | *rādi- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Iranian | *rād- | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | HraHdʰ- | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | Hreh₁dʰ- | to think; to arrange; to succeed, accomplish |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂reh₁- | to think, reason; to arrange |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |
via English partner
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | partner | Someone who is associated with another in a... |
| 2 | Middle English | partener | — |
| 3 | English | parcener | A coheir, or one of two or more heirs to an... |
| 4 | Old French | parçonier | coholder; co-owner; coheir; parcener; participant |
| 5 | Old French | parçon | division; separation |
| 6 | Latin | partitionem | accusative singular of partītiō |
| 7 | Latin | partitio | The act of sharing or parting; partition,... |
| 8 | Latin | partīre | — |
| 9 | Latin | pars | part, side, piece, share; some; faction |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |