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Where does “pargeter” come from?

pargeter (English) comes from English parget, from Old French porjeter, from Old French por, from Late Latin pōr, from Latin prō, from Latin ratus, from Latin rēōr, from Proto-Italic rēōr — to fit, to fix, to put together.

pargeter (English): A plasterer

Definitions

  1. A plasterer

Ancestry of “pargeter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpargetTo coat with gypsum; to plaster, for example...
2Old Frenchporjeterto throw out; to cast out
3Old Frenchporfor
4Late Latinpōr—
5Latinprō—
6Latinratusconsidered, having been considered; established,...
7Latinrēōr—
8Proto-Italicrēōrto reckon, to calculate; to think, to deem, to...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂reh₁-to think, reason; to arrange
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together
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