Where does “père” come from?

père (English) comes from Hungarian pere, from Hungarian per, from Latin per, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.

père (English): A priest of the Roman Catholic Church, especially...

Definitions

  1. A priest of the Roman Catholic Church, especially...

Ancestry of “père”, step by step

père traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian pere

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianperethird-person singular single-possession...
2Hungarianperaction, suit, lawsuit; per; divided by
3Latinperthrough, by means of; throughout, during
4LatinAdtoward, to
5Latinilliche, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that...
6Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
7LatinolleArchaic form of ille
8Proto-Italic*olnosthat

via French père

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpèrefather; Sr
2Middle Frenchperéfather
3Old Frenchperé—
4Latinpaterfather; head of household; parent
5Proto-Italicpatērfather
6Proto-Indo-Europeanph₂tḗrfather
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂-to protect; to shepherd
Every word from Proto-Italic *olnos →Every word from Latin olle →Every word from Latin ille →