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Where does “فَارِسِيّ” come from?

فَارِسِيّ (Arabic) comes from Classical Persian پَارْسِی, from Persian پارس, from French paris, from French patrice, from Latin Pātricius, from Latin -icius, from Latin -icus, from Ancient Greek -ικός — -y, -ic.

Ancestry of “فَارِسِيّ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Persianپَارْسِی—
2PersianپارسPersian; a pard; an animal smaller than a leopard...
3Frenchparisplural of pari
4Frenchpatricepatrician
5LatinPātricius—
6Latin-icius-itious
7Latin-icusbelonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;...
8Ancient Greek-ικόςof or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic
9Ancient Greek-κόςforms adjectives with the sense of 'of or...
10Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic
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