parental
/pəˈentəl/pur-EN-tuhl
/pɚˈɛntəl/pur-EN-tuhl
Meaningrelating to a parent
Common meaning: of parents
- parto give birth toLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1304 · scan
- entadjective ending: being or doing
- aladjective ending: relating to
Journey through time
- Proto-Indo-European*par-‘produce, afford, prepare, share’source
- Latinpariō, partum‘to give birth to’
- Frenchparent
- Englishparent‘a mother or father’
- Englishformed in English from parentparental‘of parents’ · 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
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Origin: Formed in English from parent + -al.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), PARENT, p.421 · scan
Roots
- pariō, partum Latin “to give birth to”
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