Where does “par” come from?
par (Swedish) comes from English peer, from English pee, from English piss, from Middle English pisse, from Middle English pissen, from Old French pissier, from Vulgar Latin pissiare, from Latin pissio — I piss.
par (Swedish): a pair, a couple; a couple, two people who are...
Definitions
- a pair, a couple; a couple, two people who are...
Ancestry of “par”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | peer | To look with difficulty, or as if searching for... |
| 2 | English | pee | Urine; To urinate; To drizzle |
| 3 | English | piss | Urine; An instance of pissing; Alcoholic... |
| 4 | Middle English | pisse | piss, urine; Alternative form of pissen |
| 5 | Middle English | pissen | To piss; to deliver urine from the genitals; To... |
| 6 | Old French | pissier | to piss; to excrete urine |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | pissiare | present active infinitive of *pīssiō |
| 8 | Latin | pissio | I piss |