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Appendix I

Indo-European Roots

ENTRY:	per-²
DEFINITION:	To grant, allot (reciprocally, to get in return). Oldest form per₃-. Possibly related to per-¹. See also per-⁵ II.* Zero-grade form p- (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-tin-. portion, proportion, from Latin porti,* a part (first attested in the phrase pr portine, in proportion, according to each part, perhaps assimilated from pr partine); c. perhaps Latin pr,* equal: pair, par, parity¹, peer²; compare, imparity, nonpareil, pari-mutuel. (Pokorny 2. C. per 817.)


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