Where does “pare” come from?

pare (Italian) comes from Italian parere, from Latin pāreō, from Proto-Italic pāzēō, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂s-, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂- — to protect; to shepherd.

pare (Italian): third-person singular indicative present of...

Definitions

  1. third-person singular indicative present of...

Ancestry of “pare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianparereto look, seem, appear; to think; to sound
2Latinpāreōto appear, be visible, be apparent, be observed
3Proto-Italicpāzēōto appear
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂s-watch, see; to feed, graze
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂-to protect; to shepherd
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₂s- →Every word from Proto-Italic pāzēō →