compeer

Meaningequal

Common meaning: an equal or companion

Journey through time

  1. Latinpar‘equal’source
  2. Old Frenchmeaning shiftsequal → a peerper‘a peer’source
  3. Middle Englishcompersource
  4. Englishmeaning shiftsa peer → an equal or companioncompeer‘an equal or companion’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Latin par ‘equal’.

Roots

  • par Latin “equal”

Related words

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