Where does “parenthood” come from?
Parenthood comes from Middle English -hod, Middle French parent, Latin parens, and Latin parere, meaning to bring forth or produce.
parenthood (English): The state of being a parent
Definitions
- The state of being a parent
Ancestry of “parenthood”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | parent | One of the two persons from whom one is... |
| 2 | Middle French | parent | parent |
| 3 | Old French | parent | parent |
| 4 | Latin | parēns | parent, mother, father |
| 5 | Latin | pariō | to bear, to give birth to |
| 6 | Latin | -iō | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | -jō | Forms agent nouns from verbs |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |