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Where does “pars” come from?

pars (Old French) comes from Latin pars, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.

Ancestry of “pars”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinparspart, side, piece, share; some; faction
2Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

Words derived from “pars”

  • parse
  • parser
  • reparse
  • parsable
  • unparsable
  • parsability
  • unparse
  • preparse
  • misparse
  • subparse
  • geoparser
  • wackyparse
  • pars
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