Where does “nonparity” come from?
nonparity (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.
nonparity (English): Absence or lack of parity
Definitions
- Absence or lack of parity
Ancestry of “nonparity”, step by step
nonparity traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English parity
| 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 |