An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, P (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
Paar
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Paar, n., from the equiv. MidHG. and OHG. pā̆r, ‘pair, two of the same sort’; formed from Lat. par, ‘pair,’ whence also ModFr. paire, and from this comes E. pair.