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Where does “parasitair” come from?

parasitair (Dutch) comes from French parasitaire, from French parasite, from Latin parasītus, from Ancient Greek παράσιτος, from Ancient Greek παρά, from Latin verēdus, from Gaulish werēdos, from Proto-Celtic *uɸoreidos.

parasitair (Dutch): parasitic

Definitions

  1. parasitic

Ancestry of “parasitair”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchparasitaireparasitic, parasitical
2Frenchparasitea parasite; parasitic; inflection of...
3Latinparasītus—
4Ancient Greekπαράσιτοςone who eats at the table of another, parasite;...
5Ancient Greekπαρά
6Latinverēdus—
7Gaulishwerēdoshorse
8Proto-Celtic*uɸoreidos—
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