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Where does “parlementair” come from?

parlementair (Dutch) comes from French parlementaire, from French parlement, from Old French parlement, from Old French parler, from Latin parabolō, from Latin parabola, from Ancient Greek παραβολή, from Ancient Greek παραβάλλω.

Ancestry of “parlementair”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchparlementaireparliamentary
2Frenchparlementparliament
3Old Frenchparlementdiscussion; discourse; debate; argument;...
4Old Frenchparlerto speak; to talk
5Latinparabolō—
6LatinparabolaA comparison, illustration, likeness; An...
7Ancient Greekπαραβολήa placing of two things side by side,...
8Ancient Greekπαραβάλλωto compare; to set side by side; I set side by...
9Ancient Greekπᾰρᾰ-near; next to; by, near
10Ancient Greekπαρά
11Latinverēdus—
12Gaulishwerēdoshorse
13Proto-Celtic*uɸoreidos—
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