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Where does “Parsiism” come from?

Parsiism (English) comes from English Parsi, from Classical Persian پَارْسِی, from Persian پارس, from French paris, from French patrice, from Latin Pātricius, from Latin -icius, from Latin -icus — -y, -ic.

Parsiism (English): The religion and customs of the Parsis

Definitions

  1. The religion and customs of the Parsis

Ancestry of “Parsiism”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishParsiA member of the larger of the two Zoroastrian...
2Classical Persianپَارْسِی—
3PersianپارسPersian; a pard; an animal smaller than a leopard...
4Frenchparisplural of pari
5Frenchpatricepatrician
6LatinPātricius—
7Latin-icius-itious
8Latin-icusbelonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;...
9Ancient Greek-ικόςof or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic
10Ancient Greek-κόςforms adjectives with the sense of 'of or...
11Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic
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