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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.
Originally, repair is a compound word deriving frm “re” , meaning again and parare meaning make ready.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.
Etymologists note that the Latin word parare is related to the Latin word parere. Examination of the roots of the Latin word parere, are even more helpful in understanding the truly ancient history of the word repair. Parere means to produce, bring forth or give birth to, and is said to originate in the Prote-European word “per” meaning to bring forward or 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.
The study of the vast history of parere reveals a startling connection to the Semetic languages. In Semitic languages parah means a cow and the related word peru means to give birth. Since proto-European and the the Semitic languages had branched off at an earlier time, one has to wonder if per is a universal word, or whether there was a linguistic cross connection later on, after the languages had branched apart.
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Posted in Repairing · January 18th, 2010 · Comments (0)