pare

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*per-“to bring forward, bring forth”
2. Latin · derived fromparō“to prepare, arrange; to provide, furnish; to resolve, purpose”
3. Old French · derived fromparer“to arrange, prepare, trim”
4. Middle English · inherited fromparen
5. English todaypare

From Middle English paren, from Old French parer (“to arrange, prepare, trim”), from Latin parō (“to prepare, arrange; to provide, furnish; to resolve, purpose”) (related to pariō (“to bear, to give birth to; to spawn, produce, beget; to procure, acquire”)), from a Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to bring forward, bring forth”).

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