Where does “kærustupar” come from?
kærustupar (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic par, from English PAR, from Jamaican Creole par, from Jamaican Creole partner, from English partner, from Middle English partener, from English parcener, from Old French parçonier — passed , crossed.
kærustupar (Icelandic): a boyfriend and girlfriend, a couple
Definitions
- a boyfriend and girlfriend, a couple
Ancestry of “kærustupar”, step by step
kærustupar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Icelandic par
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | par | pair; a couple, two people who are dating; par |
| 2 | English | PAR | Initialism of periodic automatic replenishment:... |
| 3 | Jamaican Creole | par | To associate, to chill, to hang |
| 4 | Jamaican Creole | partner | partner |
| 5 | English | partner | Someone who is associated with another in a... |
| 6 | Middle English | partener | — |
| 7 | English | parcener | A coheir, or one of two or more heirs to an... |
| 8 | Old French | parçonier | coholder; co-owner; coheir; parcener; participant |
| 9 | Old French | parçon | division; separation |
| 10 | Latin | partitionem | accusative singular of partītiō |
| 11 | Latin | partitio | The act of sharing or parting; partition,... |
| 12 | Latin | partīre | — |
| 13 | Latin | pars | part, side, piece, share; some; faction |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |