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