English
parentation
Parentation comes from Latin parentātiō ‘funeral obsequies for parents or near relatives’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *perh₃- ‘to provide, produce, beget’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*perh₃-1‘to provide, produce, beget’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pérh₃-t ~ *pr̥h₃-ént1reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*par-(e)nt-1reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEparēns1‘parent’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEparentō2‘to offer a solemn sacrifice in honor of deceased parents’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEparentātiō2‘funeral obsequies for parents or near relatives’
- Englishtodayparentation2
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Latin parento
- 2 Wiktionary, English parentation
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*perh₃-Wiktionary, Latin parento‘to provide, produce, beget’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pérh₃-t ~ *pr̥h₃-éntWiktionary, Latin parentoreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*par-(e)nt-Wiktionary, Latin parentoreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEparēnsWiktionary, Latin parento‘parent’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEparentōWiktionary, English parentation‘to offer a solemn sacrifice in honor of deceased parents’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEparentātiōWiktionary, English parentation‘funeral obsequies for parents or near relatives’
- EnglishtodayparentationWiktionary, English parentation
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *perh₃- ‘to provide, produce, beget’
part, expert, empire, imperial, experiment, repair, para, parcel, parity, imperium, imperious, 48 more
Today it means
noun Something done or said in honour of the dead; obsequies.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “parentation”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin parento. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *perh₃- / parentation