Reconstruction:Latin/parescere

This Latin entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Latin

Etymology

From Classical pāreō +‎ -scere (inchoative ending). Alternatively from Late Latin appārēscere, with loss of the prefix.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈrest͡sʲer/

Verb

*pārēscere (Proto-Western-Romance)

1. appear, seem

Descendants

• North Italian:
  • Old Lombard: pareser
  • Piedmontese: parésser
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: parèixer, paréixer
  • Franco-Provençal: pareître
  • Old French: paroistre (see there for further descendants)
  • Gascon: paréisher
  • Occitan: paréisser (most dialects)

    Limousin: pareitre

• Ibero-Romance:
  • Aragonese: pareixer
  • Asturian: paecer
  • Galician: parecer
  • Portuguese: parecer
  • Spanish: parecer

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “parēre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 7: N–Pas, page 647