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ENGLISH ROOT WORD: parent "parent." from Latin parentem, parens, parire

【parent】 is a [English Root word(stem)] from the Latin word(s) "parentem," "parens," and "parire."
It carries the basic meaning of "parent."

from PIE *pere- "⑴to produce, bring forth; ⑵to grant, allot"



[English words in the top 5000 most frequently used containing the root "parent"]

grandparent ***[2789] Your grandparents are the parents of your father or mother.
parent ****[246] a person who is a father or mother; a person who has a child compare GRANDPARENT STEPPARENT
parental **[4517] Parental is used to describe something that relates to parents in general, or to one or both of the parents of a particular child.



[WORD ROOT]root parent
[VARIATIONS OF ROOT] parent, partum, partus
[ETYMOLOGY]root (Latin) parentem, parens, parire
[MEANING]root parent

【DETAILs OF ORIGIN(ETYMOLOGY】

  • 【Latin】 parentem [nominative parens, noun use of present participle of parire] father or mother, ancestor
  • 【Latin】 parens [nominative of parens, pps of parire, parere] father or mother, ancestor
  • 【Latin】 parire [related to parere] bring forth, give birth to, produce



Please see the Word information in detail as follows;

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grandparent ★★★[2789] noun from grandparent 〈 parent
【DEFINITION】 Your grandparents are the parents of your father or mother.
【pl.】 grandparents 소유격; grandparent's
【COMPOSITION】 grand + parent
【ROOTs】 grand; grand parent; parent
【Etymology】 《Latin parens[nominative of parens, pps of parire, parere] father or mother, ancestor

parent ★★★★[246] noun from parent
【DEFINITION】 ① a person who is a father or mother; a person who has a child compare GRANDPARENT STEPPARENT
② an animal or plant that produces a young animal or plant
【pl.】 parents 소유격; parent's 복수소유격; parents'
【ROOTs】 parent; parent
【Etymology】 《Latin parens[nominative of parens, pps of parire, parere] father or mother, ancestor
【First Known Meaning】 father, parent, relative, kin
【DERIVATIVEs】 parental, parentally, parenthood, parent



parental ★★[4517] adjective from parent
【DEFINITION】 Parental is used to describe something that relates to parents in general, or to one or both of the parents of a particular child.
【COMPOSITION】 parent + al
【ROOTs】 parent; parent al; adjective suffix
【Etymology】 《Latin parens[nominative of parens, pps of parire, parere] father or mother, ancestor
【DERIVATIVEs】 parental, parentally, parenthood, parent


Other words containing "parent"; parentally, parenthood, parenting, partus, postpartum

(※ Proto-Indo-European (PIE) is the theorized common ancestor of the Indo-European language family. Its proposed features have been derived by linguistic reconstruction from documented Indo-European languages.)

【OTHER ROOTs; 】

pare
par
par
pan
pact
pack
pac
over
out, ut
other

 

 

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