Where does “par-” come from?

par- (Proto-Albanian) comes from Proto-Indo-European pr̥H-e/o-s — before, in front.

Ancestry of “par-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥H-e/o-sbefore, in front
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥H-e/o-s