Where does “parèmia” come from?

parèmia (Catalan) comes from Latin paroemia, from Ancient Greek παροιμία, from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

parèmia (Catalan): paroemia

Definitions

  1. paroemia

Ancestry of “parèmia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinparoemiaproverb
2Ancient Greekπαροιμίαa byword, saying, proverb, maxim
3Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
4Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
5Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ →Every word from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ →Every word from Ancient Greek παροιμία →