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Where does “paradise” come from?

Paradise comes from Middle English paradys, from Old French paradis, from Latin paradisus, from Ancient Greek παράδεισος, ultimately from Proto-Iranian paridayjah, meaning an enclosed garden or park.

paradise (English): The place where sanctified souls are believed to...

Definitions

  1. The place where sanctified souls are believed to...

Ancestry of “paradise”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishparadys—
2GermanParadiesparadise; atrium
3Middle High Germanparadīs—
4Old High Germanparadīs—
5Latinparadīsum—
6Ancient Greekπαράδεισοςthe garden owned by the Persian nobility;...
7Proto-Iranianparidayĵah—

Words derived from “paradise”

  • Paradise
  • paradisal
  • imparadise
  • paradisian
  • paradisic
  • unparadise
  • disparadise
  • paradisefish
  • disparadised
  • paradais
Every word from Proto-Iranian paridayĵah →