Etymograph

English

imparisyllabic

Imparisyllabic comes from Latin impar ‘unequal’, and goes back to pār ‘even (of a number)’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpār‘even (of a number)’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEimpar‘unequal’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1974imparisyllabic

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpār‘even (of a number)’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEimpar‘unequal’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1974imparisyllabic

Earliest quotation: 1974, Peter Rickard: “An adjectival type corresponding phonetically to the masculine third…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *perh₂- ‘to exchange, sell’

pornography, disparity, peerless, 5 more

through Latin pār ‘even (of a number)’

pair, peer, compare, par, umpire, parity, 5 more

Today it means

adj Not having the same number of syllables in all its inflections (especially of Greek or Latin nouns); for example, the Latin word pars, which has the genitive form partis.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin pār / imparisyllabic

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