Where does “parité” come from?

parité (Middle French) comes from Latin paritas, 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.

Ancestry of “parité”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinparitasparity, equality
2Latinpariōto bear, to give birth to
3Latin-iō—
4Proto-West Germanic-jōForms agent nouns from verbs
5Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
7Chichewaiyehe, she

Words derived from “parité”

Every word from Chichewa iye →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yéti →Every word from Latin -iō →