Where does “parity” come from?
Parity comes from Middle French parité, from Latin par meaning equal, ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European perh₃-.
parity (English): Equality; comparability of strength or intensity;...
Definitions
- Equality; comparability of strength or intensity;...
Ancestry of “parity”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle French | parité | — |
| 2 | Latin | paritas | parity, equality |
| 3 | Latin | pariō | to bear, to give birth to |
| 4 | Latin | -iō | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -jō | Forms agent nouns from verbs |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 8 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
Words derived from “parity”