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Where does “parentation” come from?

parentation (English) comes from Latin parentatio, from Latin parento, from Latin parēns, from Latin pariō, from Latin -iō, from Proto-West Germanic -jō, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé- — he, she.

parentation (English): Something done or said in honour of the dead;...

Definitions

  1. Something done or said in honour of the dead;...

Ancestry of “parentation”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinparentatio—
2LatinparentoI make a sacrifice in honour of the dead; I...
3Latinparēns—
4Latinpariō—
5Latin-iō—
6Proto-West Germanic-jōForms agent nouns from verbs
7Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
9Chichewaiyehe, she
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