Where does “パー” come from?

パー (Japanese) 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.

パー (Japanese): paper

Definitions

  1. paper

Ancestry of “パー”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishPARInitialism of periodic automatic replenishment:...
2Jamaican CreoleparTo associate, to chill, to hang
3Jamaican Creolepartnerpartner
4EnglishpartnerSomeone who is associated with another in a...
5Middle Englishpartener
6EnglishparcenerA coheir, or one of two or more heirs to an...
7Old Frenchparçoniercoholder; co-owner; coheir; parcener; participant
8Old Frenchparçondivision; separation
9Latinpartitionemaccusative singular of partītiō
10LatinpartitioThe act of sharing or parting; partition,...
11Latinpartīre
12Latinparspart, side, piece, share; some; faction
13Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
14Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós