Where does “par” come from?
Par comes from Latin par, equal, derived from Latin per and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European per-, meaning to lead or pass through.
par (English): Abbreviation of paragraph; Abbreviation of...
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- Abbreviation of paragraph; Abbreviation of...
Ancestry of “par”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | par | through; by; over |
| 2 | Middle French | par | by |
| 3 | Old French | par | by; via; because of; due to; by |
| 4 | Latin | per | through, by means of; throughout, during |
| 5 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 6 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 7 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 8 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |