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/ˈpɛəɹənt/, /ˈpɛəɹənt/

noun
Definitions
  • One of the two persons from whom one is immediately biologically descended; a mother or father.
  • A surrogate mother
  • A third person who has provided DNA samples in an IVF procedure in order to alter faulty genetic material
  • A person who acts as a parent in rearing a child; a step-parent or adoptive parent.
  • (obsolete) A relative.
  • The source or origin of something.
  • (biology) An organism from which a plant or animal is immediately biologically descended.
  • (attributive) Sponsor, supporter, owner, protector.
  • (computing) The object from which a child or derived object is descended; a node superior to another node.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English parent borrowed from parent borrowed from Middle French parent derived from Latin parentem root from Proto-Indo-European *per- (risk, bring forth, fare, through, try, go, traverse, across, carry forth, bring forward, produce, procure, forth, before, attempt, over, go over, pass through, go through, beyond, research, bear, forward, penetrate, put across, sell, lead across, front, formerly, dare, throughout, ferry, cross, transfer, pierce, strike, a going, peril, first, beat, out, passage, of, bring carry over, pass, next, in front).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*per-

Gloss

risk, bring forth, fare, through, try, go, traverse, across, carry forth, bring forward, produce, procure, forth, before, attempt, over, go over, pass through, go through, beyond, research, bear, forward, penetrate, put across, sell, lead across, front, formerly, dare, throughout, ferry, cross, transfer, pierce, strike, a going, peril, first, beat, out, passage, of, bring carry over, pass, next, in front

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