Where does “parecer” come from?

parecer (Spanish) comes from Vulgar Latin parescere, from Latin pārēre, 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.

parecer (Spanish): to seem, to see fit; to believe; to think

Definitions

  1. to seem, to see fit; to believe; to think

Ancestry of “parecer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinparescere—
2Latinpārēre—
3Latinpariōto bear, to give birth to
4Latin-iō—
5Proto-West Germanic-jōForms agent nouns from verbs
6Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
8Chichewaiyehe, she

Words derived from “parecer”

Every word from Chichewa iye →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yéti →Every word from Latin -iō →