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Where does “paries” come from?

paries (English) comes from French paries, from French parier, from Old French pairier, from Latin pār, from Proto-Indo-European perH-, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.

paries (English): The wall of any cavity in the body; The...

Definitions

  1. The wall of any cavity in the body; The...

Ancestry of “paries”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpariessecond-person singular present indicative of...
2Frenchparierto bet
3Old Frenchpairier—
4Latinpār—
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanperH-to fly; fore, first; exchange
6Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
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