Where does “Par” come from?

Par (Luxembourgish) comes from Danish parre, from Danish par, from English PAR, from Jamaican Creole par, from Jamaican Creole partner, from English partner, from Middle English partener, from English parcener — passed , crossed.

Par (Luxembourgish): parish

Definitions

  1. parish

Ancestry of “Par”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishparreto pair, to match; to copulate, to mate, to pair
2Danishparpair; couple; par
3EnglishPARInitialism of periodic automatic replenishment:...
4Jamaican CreoleparTo associate, to chill, to hang
5Jamaican Creolepartnerpartner
6EnglishpartnerSomeone who is associated with another in a...
7Middle Englishpartener
8EnglishparcenerA coheir, or one of two or more heirs to an...
9Old Frenchparçoniercoholder; co-owner; coheir; parcener; participant
10Old Frenchparçondivision; separation
11Latinpartitionemaccusative singular of partītiō
12LatinpartitioThe act of sharing or parting; partition,...
13Latinpartīre
14Latinparspart, side, piece, share; some; faction
15Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
16Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tósEvery word from Proto-Indo-European per-Every word from Latin pars