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Where does “interparish” come from?

interparish (English) comes from English parish, from Middle English parisshe, from Old French paroisse, from Late Latin parochia, from Latin paroecia, from Ancient Greek παροικία, from Ancient Greek πάροικος, from Ancient Greek οἶκος — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

interparish (English): Between parishes

Definitions

  1. Between parishes

Ancestry of “interparish”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishparishIn the Anglican, Eastern Orthodox, Lutheran and...
2Middle EnglishparissheA parish; The people who are members of or who...
3Old Frenchparoisseparish
4Late Latinparochiadiocese
5Latinparoecia—
6Ancient Greekπαροικίαtemporary residency in a foreign land
7Ancient Greekπάροικοςdwelling beside or near, neighbouring; foreign,...
8Ancient Greekοἶκοςhouse or dwelling place; estate, inheritance;...
9Ancient Greek-λογίαBase for nouns denoting the study of something,...
10Ancient GreekλόγοςThat which is said: word, sentence, speech,...
11Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
12Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
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