Wanie Articles
The common meaning of repair, to mend or put back in order, is first seen, in the English language, in 1387. The word derives from the Old French reparer and from the Latin reparare meaning to restore or put pack in order.
The word is compounded from re “again” and parare meaning “make ready” or “prepare” The use of repair as a noun is first seen around 1595.
Of interest is the relationship between parare and the word pare, which also derives from parare. The modern word pare means to trim by cutting close, and was first seen around 1320. This word likewise derives from parare.
In the etymology of pare, it is noted that parare is related to the Latin word parere, meaning to produce bring forth or give birth to. This word originally derives from from the PIE base *per- “to bring forward, bring forth. Parere is also related to the Lithuanian word apriu meaning “to brood” and to the Gk word “poris’ calf or bull, the Old High German word farr, and the German word farre meaning bullock. And the Old English world fearr, meaning bull, and the Sanskrit word prthukah, meaning child calf young of an animal, and the Czech word spratek meaning brat urchin or premature calf. The exact connection between birth or bringing forth and the bull is not clear, other than the fact that a bull is a symbol of fertility in many ancient cultures.
In this particular line of derivation, we see an ancient connection to Semitic languages in which parrah means a cow, and the related word peru means to give birth. We can see a definite association to the modern English word partuous, meaning fertile.
Thanks to A-1 Plumbing of Baltimore for sponsoring this report. A-1 is a Baltimoire plumbing company company that specializes in plumbing repairs of all kinds.
Fetch pragmatic information about local search optimization – please make sure to read the web page. The times have come when proper info is truly within one click, use this opportunity.
Tags: language
Posted in Repairing · January 17th, 2010 · Comments (0)