Where does “parent” come from?
Parent comes from Middle English parent, from Middle French parent, from Latin parens, the present participle of parere meaning to bring forth or give birth.
parent (English): One of the two persons from whom one is...
Definitions
- One of the two persons from whom one is...
Ancestry of “parent”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle French | parent | parent |
| 2 | Old French | parent | parent |
| 3 | Latin | parēns | — |
| 4 | Latin | pariō | — |
| 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 |
Words derived from “parent”