Where does “imparity” come from?
imparity (English) comes from English parity, from Middle French parité, from Latin paritas, from Latin pariō, from Latin -iō, from Proto-West Germanic -jō, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé- — he, she.
imparity (English): inequality; inability to be divided into equal...
Definitions
- inequality; inability to be divided into equal...
Ancestry of “imparity”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | parity | Equality; comparability of strength or intensity;... |
| 2 | Middle French | parité | — |
| 3 | Latin | paritas | parity, equality |
| 4 | Latin | pariō | to bear, to give birth to |
| 5 | Latin | -iō | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -jō | Forms agent nouns from verbs |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |