Where does “nonparallelism” come from?
nonparallelism (English) comes from English parallelism, from English parallel, from Middle French parallèle, from Latin parallēlus, from Ancient Greek παράλληλος, from Ancient Greek ἀλλήλων, from Ancient Greek ἄλλος, from Ancient Greek κρίνω — to sift, separate, divide.
nonparallelism (English): The condition of not being parallel
Definitions
- The condition of not being parallel
Ancestry of “nonparallelism”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | parallelism | The state or condition of being parallel;... |
| 2 | English | parallel | Equally distant from one another at all points;... |
| 3 | Middle French | parallèle | — |
| 4 | Latin | parallēlus | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | παράλληλος | beside one another, side-by-side; parallel to or... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἀλλήλων | referring back to a plural subject, and... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ἄλλος | other, another, different, else; in combination... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | κρίνω | To separate, divide, part, distinguish between... |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | kríňňō | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | krinyéti | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | krey- | to sift, separate, divide |