köken: Etymology tree Latin pār Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Proto-Italic *-kelos Late Latin -culus Late Latin pāriculus Late Latin *pāricula Spanish pareja Substantivization of the feminine of Late Latin pāriculus, diminutive of Latin pār. Compare Portuguese parelha, Catalan parella.
aile: correr parejas, doble pareja, emparejar, en parejas, pareja de hecho
köken: Inherited from Ancient Greek σύντροφος (súntrophos), from συν- (sun-) + τρέφω (tréphō) + -ος (-os), with semantic loan from French compagnon and Italian compagno.
Cognate with Kannada ಎಣೆ (eṇe, “resemblance, pair, mate”), Tamil இணை (iṇai, “mate, pair”) and Telugu ఎన (ena, “equality”). Doublet of ഇണങ്ങുക (iṇaṅṅuka).