English
père
Père comes from French père ‘father’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ph₂tḗr‘father’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*patēr‘father’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpater‘father (male parent)’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentpère‘father’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ph₂tḗr‘father’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*patēr‘father’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpater‘father (male parent)’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentpère‘father’
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- ‘to protect, to ward’
company, food, pain, feed, pope, foster, companion, apparent, pastor, fur, penetration, papal, fodder, fad, accompaniment, forage, pasture, panini, patrician, fatherly, pav, pantaloons, pannier, 57 more
through Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr ‘father’
through Proto-Italic *patēr ‘father’
through Latin pater ‘father (male parent)’
pattern, papa, patron, perpetrator, paternal, paternity, padre, pater, patrimony, perpetrate, compere, 17 more
Today it means
noun A priest of the Roman Catholic Church, especially a French one. Also used as a title preceding the name of such a priest.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr / père