Your word prepping is interesting.
I must say I am not surprised to see in the entymology related words
bull
give birth
allot
make ready
urchin
prepare (v.)
mid-15c., a back formation from preparation and in part from Middle French preparer (14c.), from Latin praeparare “make ready beforehand,” from prae “before” (see pre-) + parare “make ready” (from PIE root *pere- (1) “to produce, procure”). Related: Prepared; preparing. Be prepared as the Boy Scouts’ motto is attested from 1911.
*pere- (1)
*per& 601;-, Proto-Indo-European root meaning “to produce, procure” and yielding and derived words in diverse senses; possibly related to *pere- (2) “to grant, allot.”
It forms all or part of: ante-partum; apparatus; apparel; biparous; disparate; emperor; empire; heifer; imperative; imperator; imperial; juniper; multiparous; nulliparous; oviparous; para- (2) “defense, protection against; that which protects from;” Parabellum; parachute; parade; parados; parapet; parasol; pare; parent; -parous; parry; parturient; poor; post-partum; preparation; prepare; primipara; puerperal; rampart; repair (v.1) “to mend, put back in order;” repertory; separate; sever; several; spar (v.); viper; vituperation; viviparous.
It is the hypothetical source of/evidence for its existence is provided by: Sanskrit prthukah “child, calf, young of an animal;” Greek poris “calf, bull;” Latin parare “make ready, prepare,” parire “produce, bring forth, give birth to;” Czech spratek “brat, urchin, premature calf;” Lithuanian periu, per& 279;ti “to brood;” Old High German farro, German Farre “bullock,” Old English fearr “bull.”
Interesting back story to a fairly common word. I remember reading a few years back that some linguists actually claimed to have figured out about 100 or so words of ‘Proto-World’, the supposed ancestor to all modern languages. The idea of “Proto-World’ is still controversial among linguists, I believe. I’m not a linguist. I don’t even speak any foreign languages. But I find the subject interesting.