English
parental
Parental comes from Latin parens ‘parent’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *perh₃- ‘to produce, beget’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*perh₃-‘to produce, beget’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*pérh₃-t ~ *pr̥h₃-éntreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*par-(e)nt-reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEparens‘parent’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEparentālis
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600parental
- Englishearliest quotation 1916same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*perh₃-‘to produce, beget’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*pérh₃-t ~ *pr̥h₃-éntreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*par-(e)nt-reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEparens‘parent’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEparentālis
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600parental
- Englishearliest quotation 1916same form
Earliest quotation: 1916, William E. Castle, Gregor Mendel: “This, following Bateson, we may call the parental generation…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *perh₃- ‘to produce, beget’
part, expert, empire, experiment, imperial, repair, preparation, para, parcel, parity, imperium, imperious, 47 more
Today it means
adj Of or relating to a parent.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *perh₃- / parental