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pare

/ˈpeə/PUH
/ˈpɛɹ/PER

Meaningto prepare

Common meaning: to trim

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√PAR‘produce, afford, prepare, share’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 198, p. 737 · scan
  2. Latinparare‘to prepare’source
  3. Frenchparersource
  4. Middle Englishparensource
  5. Englishmeaning shiftsto prepare → to trimpare‘to trim’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin parare ‘to prepare’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry parare, p. 421 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • parare Latin “to prepare, deck”

Related words

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