Where does “parens” come from?

parens (Latin) comes from Latin pariō, from Latin -iō, from Proto-West Germanic -jō, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.

parens (Latin): parent, mother, father

Definitions

  1. parent, mother, father

Ancestry of “parens”, step by step

parens traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin pariō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpariōto bear, to give birth to
2Latin-iō—
3Proto-West Germanic-jōForms agent nouns from verbs
4Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
6Chichewaiyehe, she

via Latin pāreō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpāreōto appear, be visible, be apparent, be observed
2Proto-Italicpāzēōto appear
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂s-watch, see; to feed, graze
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂-to protect; to shepherd

Words derived from “parens”

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