Where does “paire” come from?

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

paire (Middle English): A pair; a group of two similar, identical, or...

Definitions

  1. A pair; a group of two similar, identical, or...

Ancestry of “paire”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchpaire—
2Latinparianominative neuter plural of pār; accusative...
3Latinpareven; equal; like
4Proto-Indo-Europeanperaround; through

Words derived from “paire”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European per →Every word from Latin par →Every word from Latin paria →