Where does “grandparenting” come from?
grandparenting (English) comes from English grandparent, 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.
grandparenting (English): The process of helping to raise and care for...
Definitions
- The process of helping to raise and care for...
Ancestry of “grandparenting”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | grandparent | the parent of someone's parent; Synonym of... |
| 2 | English | parent | One of the two persons from whom one is... |
| 3 | Middle French | parent | parent |
| 4 | Old French | parent | parent |
| 5 | Latin | parēns | parent, mother, father |
| 6 | Latin | pariō | to bear, to give birth to |
| 7 | Latin | -iō | — |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | -jō | Forms agent nouns from verbs |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |