perə-

I. perə-¹

To produce, procure. Oldest form *perə₂-; possibly related to perə-². See also per⁵ II.

Derivatives include parade, parry, emperor, parachute, sever, and parent.

I. Zero-grade form *pr̥ə- (becoming *par- in Latin).

a. Suffixed form *par-ā-. parade, pare, parlay, parry, parure; apparatus, apparel, comprador, disparate, emperor, imperative, imperator, imperial, parachute, parasol, prepare, rampart, repair¹, separate, sever, several, from Latin parāre, to try to get, prepare, equip;

b. suffixed form *par-yo-. -para, parity², -parous, parturient, postpartum, repertory, viper, from Latin parere, parīre, to get, beget, give birth;

c. parallel suffixed (participial) form *par-ent-. parent, from Latin parēns, parent;

d. suffixed form *par-o-, producing:

(i) juniper, from Latin iūniperus, juniper, perhaps from compound *yoini-paros, “producing juniper berries” (*yoini-, juniper berry);

(ii) compound *pau-paros (see pau-);

(iii) Italic compound *wīwo-paros (see gʷei-);

e. suffixed form *par-ikā-. Parcae, from Latin Parcae, the Fates (who assign one's destiny).

II. Suffixed o-grade form por(ə)-sī-. heifer, from Old English hēahfore, calf, a compound (with obscure first element) of fearr, calf, from Germanic *farzī-.

 

[Pokorny 2. D. per 818.]

  II. perə-²

To grant, allot (reciprocally, to get in return). Oldest form *perə₃-. Possibly related to perə-¹. See also per⁵ II. Zero-grade form *pr̥ə- (becoming *par- in Latin).

a. Suffixed form *par-ti-. parcel, parcener, parse, part, particle, partisan, partita, party; bipartite, compart, impart, participate, repartee, from Latin pars (stem part-), a share, part;

b. possibly suffixed form *par-tiōn-. portion, proportion, from Latin portiō, a part (first attested in the phrase prō portiōne, in proportion, according to each part, perhaps assimilated from *prō partiōne);

c. perhaps Latin pār, equal: pair, par, parity¹, peer²; compare, imparity, nonpareil, pari-mutuel.

 

[Pokorny 2. C. per 817.]

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