Where does “par” come from?
par (French) comes from Middle French par, from Old French par, from Latin per, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.
par (French): through; by; over
Definitions
- through; by; over
Ancestry of “par”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | par | by |
| 2 | Old French | par | by; via; because of; due to; by |
| 3 | Latin | per | through, by means of; throughout, during |
| 4 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 5 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 6 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 7 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |