Where does “ペア” come from?

ペア (Japanese) comes from English pair, from Middle English paire, from Old French paire, from Latin paria, from Latin par, from Proto-Indo-European per — around; through.

ペア (Japanese): a pair

Definitions

  1. a pair

Ancestry of “ペア”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpairTwo similar or identical things taken together;...
2Middle EnglishpaireA pair; a group of two similar, identical, or...
3Old Frenchpaire
4Latinparianominative neuter plural of pār; accusative...
5Latinpareven; equal; like
6Proto-Indo-Europeanperaround; through
Every word from Proto-Indo-European perEvery word from Latin parEvery word from Latin paria
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