Where does “parecer” come from?
parecer (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese parecer, from Vulgar Latin parescere, from Latin pārēre, from Latin pariō, from Latin -iō, from Proto-West Germanic -jō, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé- — he, she.
parecer (Galician): to seem, appear; first/third-person singular...
Definitions
- to seem, appear; first/third-person singular...
Ancestry of “parecer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Portuguese | parecer | — |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | parescere | — |
| 3 | Latin | pārēre | — |
| 4 | Latin | pariō | — |
| 5 | Latin | -iō | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -jō | Forms agent nouns from verbs |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |