Where does “parèt” come from?
parèt (Haitian Creole) comes from French paraître, from Middle French paroistre, from Old French paroistre, from Vulgar Latin parescere, from Latin pārēre, from Latin pariō, from Latin -iō, from Proto-West Germanic -jō — he, she.
parèt (Haitian Creole): To appear
Ancestry of “parèt”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | paraître | to appear; to be published; to appear, to seem |
| 2 | Middle French | paroistre | to appear; to seem |
| 3 | Old French | paroistre | to appear; to seem |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | parescere | — |
| 5 | Latin | pārēre | — |
| 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 |