Where does “par” come from?
par (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from English PAR, from Jamaican Creole par, from Jamaican Creole partner, from English partner, from Middle English partener, from English parcener, from Old French parçonier, from Old French parçon — passed , crossed.
par (Norwegian Nynorsk): a pair; a couple; a few
Ancestry of “par”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | PAR | Initialism of periodic automatic replenishment:... |
| 2 | Jamaican Creole | par | — |
| 3 | Jamaican Creole | partner | — |
| 4 | English | partner | Someone who is associated with another in a... |
| 5 | Middle English | partener | — |
| 6 | English | parcener | A coheir, or one of two or more heirs to an... |
| 7 | Old French | parçonier | coholder; co-owner; coheir; parcener; participant |
| 8 | Old French | parçon | division; separation |
| 9 | Latin | partitionem | accusative singular of partītiō |
| 10 | Latin | partitio | The act of sharing or parting; partition,... |
| 11 | Latin | partīre | — |
| 12 | Latin | pars | part, side, piece, share; some; faction |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |