Where does “parować” come from?
parować (Polish) comes from Polish para, from Old Polish para, from Middle High German pâr, from Old High German par, from Latin pār, from Proto-Indo-European perH-, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.
parować (Polish): to steam
Definitions
- to steam
Ancestry of “parować”, step by step
parować traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Polish para
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | para | steam, water in gaseous phase; breath; couple |
| 2 | Old Polish | para | steam |
| 3 | Middle High German | pâr | — |
| 4 | Old High German | par | — |
| 5 | Latin | pār | even (of a number) |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | perH- | to fly; fore, first; exchange |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via French parer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | parer | to adorn; to bedeck; to fend off; to parry |
| 2 | Latin | parāre | — |
| 3 | Latin | parō | to arrange, order, contrive, design |
| 4 | Latin | pectus | chest, breast; heart, breast, as the seat of... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | pektos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | peg- | breast |
| 7 | English | polyethylene glycol | Any of a series of water-soluble polymers, of... |