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Where does “parieren” come from?

parieren (German) comes from French parer, from Latin parāre, from Latin parō, from Latin pectus, from Proto-Italic pektos, from Proto-Indo-European peg-, from English polyethylene glycol — Any of a series of water-soluble polymers, of...

Ancestry of “parieren”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchparerto adorn; to bedeck; to fend off; to parry
2Latinparāre—
3Latinparō—
4Latinpectuschest, breast; heart, breast, as the seat of...
5Proto-Italicpektos—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpeg-breast
7Englishpolyethylene glycolAny of a series of water-soluble polymers, of...

Words derived from “parieren”

  • парировать
  • parirati
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