Where does “parenting” come from?
Parenting derives from Middle English parenting, from Middle French parentage, from Latin parens meaning parent, ultimately from Latin parere meaning to bring forth or produce.
parenting (English): The process of raising and educating a child from...
Definitions
- The process of raising and educating a child from...
Ancestry of “parenting”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 | — |
| 5 | Latin | pariō | — |
| 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 |
Words derived from “parenting”