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Appendix I

Indo-European Roots

ENTRY:	per-¹
DEFINITION:	To produce, procure. Oldest form per₂-; possibly related to per-². See also per-⁵ II.* Derivatives include parade, parry, emperor, parachute, sever, and parent. I. Zero-grade form p- (becoming par- in Latin). a. Suffixed form par--. parade, pare, parlay, parry, parure; apparatus, apparel, comprador, disparate, emperor, imperative, imperator, imperial, parachute, parasol, prepare, rampart, repair¹, separate, sever, several, from Latin parre,* to try to get, prepare, equip; b. suffixed form par-yo-. –para, parity², –parous, parturient, postpartum, repertory, viper, from Latin parere,* parre, to get, beget, give birth; c. parallel suffixed (participial) form par-ent-. parent, from Latin parns,* parent; d. suffixed form par-o-, producing: (i)* juniper, from Latin iniperus, juniper, perhaps from compound yoini-paros, “producing juniper berries” (yoini-, juniper berry); (ii) compound pau-paros (see pau-); (iii)* Italic compound wwo-paros (see g^wei-); e. suffixed form par-ik-. Parcae, from Latin Parcae, the Fates (who assign one's destiny). II. Suffixed o-grade form por()-s-. heifer, from Old English hahfore, calf, a compound (with obscure first element) of fearr, calf, from Germanic farz-. (Pokorny 2. D. per* 818.)


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