Where does “parent” come from?

parent (Old French) comes from Latin parēns, 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.

parent (Old French): parent

Definitions

  1. parent

Ancestry of “parent”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinparēnsparent, mother, father
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

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