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