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Where does “intrapair” come from?

intrapair (English) comes from English pair, from Middle English paire, from Old French paire, from Latin paria, from Latin par, from Proto-Indo-European per — around; through.

intrapair (English): Within a pair

Definitions

  1. Within a pair

Ancestry of “intrapair”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpairTwo similar or identical things taken together;...
2Middle EnglishpaireA pair; a group of two similar, identical, or...
3Old Frenchpaire—
4Latinparianominative neuter plural of pār; accusative...
5Latinpareven; equal; like
6Proto-Indo-Europeanperaround; through
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