.parentElement

Element? Node.parentElement

A property holding the parent element of a node. This property is read-only - it cannot be set.

let parent = node.parentElement;

Example

HTML:

<p>
    All
    <strong>large</strong>
    goats
    <em>are</em>
    delicious!
</p>

JavaScript:

let parent = document.query("strong").parentElement;

Result is the <p>...</p> element.