Where does “polyparous” come from?

polyparous (English) comes from Latin pārēre, from Latin pariō, from Latin -iō, from Proto-West Germanic -jō, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.

polyparous (English): Producing or bearing a great number; bringing...

Definitions

Producing or bearing a great number; bringing...

Ancestry of “polyparous”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Latin	pārēre	—
2	Latin	pariō	to bear, to give birth to
3	Latin	-iō	—
4	Proto-West Germanic	-jō	Forms agent nouns from verbs
5	Proto-Indo-European	-yéti	Creates intransitive, often deponent,...
6	Proto-Indo-European	yé-	—
7	Chichewa	iye	he, she

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