par

(Îngilîzî)

Adj

1. (declension-3, one-termination) even (of a number)
2. (declension-3, one-termination) equal
3. (declension-3, one-termination) like
4. (declension-3, one-termination) suitable

Noun

companion, comrade, mate, spouse

Noun

pair, couple

Berevajî

dispār, inaequālis, impār, inīquus

Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin

[ˈpaːr]

Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

Unclear. A traditional reconstruction is Proto-Indo-European *perh₂- (“to exchange, sell”), comparing Ancient Greek πέρνημι (pérnēmi) etc. and Lithuanian pirkti; but this accounts badly for the /a(ː)/. De Vaan suggests *peh₂s- (“to watch (over), see?”), linking Latin pāreō. All possibilities nonetheless suffer semantic problems. Others refrain from assigning an Indo-European root.
If Umbrian pars (“prescribed”) is related, one can reconstruct an adjectival stem in Proto-Italic *par-.

Hevwate

verus

habilis

utilis

consonus

pares

Werger

equal

like

egal

tauglich

recht

commodious

eligible

geeignet

even

germane

level

adäquat

idoneous

soople

adequat