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English word parent comes from Proto-Indo-European *pr̥-, Proto-Italic *parjō (To bear, to give birth.)
*pr̥- (Proto-Indo-European)
*parjō (Proto-Italic)
To bear, to give birth.
paret (Latin)
parentis (Latin)
parent (Old French)
Parent.
parent (Middle French)
Parent.
parent (Anglo-Norman)
parent (Middle English)
parent (English)
(attributive) Sponsor, supporter, owner, protector.. (biology) An organism from which a plant or animal is immediately biologically descended. [from 17th c.]. (computing) The object from which a child or derived object is descended; a node superior to another node. [from 20th c.]. (obsolete) A relative. [15th-18th c.]. A parent company. [from 20th c.]. A person who acts as a parent in [...]