Where does “parentlock” come from?

parentlock (English) comes from English parent, from Middle French parent, from Old French parent, from Latin parēns, from Latin pariō, from Latin -iō, from Proto-West Germanic -jō, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.

parentlock (English): A subgenre of Sherlock fan fiction in which Sherlock and John raise a child or children together

Definitions

  1. A subgenre of Sherlock fan fiction in which Sherlock and John raise a child or children together

Ancestry of “parentlock”, step by step

parentlock traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English parent

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishparentOne of the two persons from whom one is...
2Middle Frenchparentparent
3Old Frenchparentparent
4Latinparēnsparent, mother, father
5Latinpariōto bear, to give birth to
6Latin-iō
7Proto-West Germanic-jōForms agent nouns from verbs
8Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-
10Chichewaiyehe, she

via English Sherlock

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishSherlockTo deduce; To search; To obsolete a unique...
2Old Englishscir-lockbright-lock
Every word from Chichewa iye