Where does “monoparental” come from?
monoparental (French) comes from French parental, from French parent, from Middle French parent, from Old French parent, from Latin parēns, from Latin pariō, from Latin -iō, from Proto-West Germanic -jō — he, she.
monoparental (French): single parent
Ancestry of “monoparental”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | parental | parental |
| 2 | French | parent | relative, relation, family member; parent;... |
| 3 | Middle French | parent | parent |
| 4 | Old French | parent | parent |
| 5 | Latin | parēns | — |
| 6 | Latin | pariō | — |
| 7 | Latin | -iō | — |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | -jō | Forms agent nouns from verbs |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
Words derived from “monoparental”