Etymograph

English

parent

Parent comes from Anglo-Norman parent, from Latin parēns ‘parent’, an old participle, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *perh₃- ‘to produce, beget’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*perh₃-‘to produce, beget’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*pérh₃-t ~ *pr̥h₃-éntreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*par-(e)nt-reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEparēns‘parent’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEparentemaccusative of parēns
  6. Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400parent
  7. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form
  8. Englishearliest quotation 1610–1611same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*perh₃-‘to produce, beget’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*pérh₃-t ~ *pr̥h₃-éntreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*par-(e)nt-reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEparēns‘parent’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEparentemaccusative of parēns
  6. Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400parent
  7. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form
  8. Englishearliest quotation 1610–1611same form

Earliest quotation: 1610–1611, William Shakespeare, The Tempest: “my trust / Like a good parent, did beget…”

Linked words

through Latin pariō ‘to breed, bring forth’

expert, experiment, parity, 10 more

Today it means

noun A person who raises a child (which they have made, adopted, fostered, taken as their own, etc.).

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *perh₃- / parent

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