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Where does “pare” come from?

pare (Romansch) comes from Vulgar Latin paretem, from Latin parietem, from Latin paries — the wall of a house or room; second-person...

pare (Romansch): wall; rock face

Definitions

  1. wall; rock face

Ancestry of “pare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinparetem—
2Latinparietemaccusative singular of pariēs
3Latinpariesthe wall of a house or room; second-person...
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