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Where does “par” come from?

par (Middle French) comes from Old French par, from Latin per, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos.

par (Middle French): by

Definitions

  1. by

Ancestry of “par”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchparby; via; because of; due to; by
2Latinperthrough, by means of; throughout, during
3LatinAd—
4Latinilliche, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that...
5Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
6LatinolleArchaic form of ille
7Proto-Italic*olnos—

Words derived from “par”

  • par
  • parterre
  • subpar
  • paravant
  • paraventure
  • barlovento
  • barloa
  • parterre
  • abarloar
  • parterre
  • pardi
  • par
  • parmi
  • pardieu
  • parce
  • parfois
  • Parterre
  • per
  • perforte
  • perforto
  • pere
  • neperforto
  • parterre
  • parterretrap
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