Where does “parkwards” come from?
parkwards (English) comes from English park, from Korean 박, from Chinese 泊, from English poise, from Middle English poys, from Middle French pois, from Latin pēnsum, from Latin pendō — to stretch.
parkwards (English): Towards a park
Definitions
- Towards a park
Ancestry of “parkwards”, step by step
parkwards traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English park
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | park | An area of land set aside for environment... |
| 2 | Korean | 박 | gourd; calabash; gourd shell; head |
| 3 | Chinese | 泊 | — |
| 4 | English | poise | A state of balance, equilibrium or stability;... |
| 5 | Middle English | poys | — |
| 6 | Middle French | pois | weight |
| 7 | Latin | pēnsum | allotment, portion, weight (of wool measured out to a slave to spin in a day) |
| 8 | Latin | pendō | to weigh, weigh out |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | pendō | hang, put in a hanging position |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)péndeti | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pend- | to stretch |
via English wards
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | wards | plural of ward; Third-person singular simple... |
| 2 | English | ward | A warden; a guard; a guardian or watchman;... |
| 3 | Middle English | ward | ward, keeping |
| 4 | Old English | weard | guard; guard, the action of looking out for... |
| 5 | Old English | ōra | ore, unwrought metal |
| 6 | Old English | ēar | sea, ocean; grave, earth |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | ahaz | ear |
| 8 | Proto-Finnic | ahtas | narrow, cramped |
| 9 | Proto-Baltic | anśtas | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énǵʰus | narrow, tight |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂enǵʰ- | to constrict, tighten, compress; narrow, tight;... |