Where does “paradoxicality” come from?
paradoxicality (English) comes from English paradoxical, from English paradox, from Middle French paradoxe, from Latin paradoxum, from Ancient Greek παράδοξος, from Ancient Greek παρά, from Latin verēdus, from Gaulish werēdos — horse.
paradoxicality (English): The quality of being paradoxical
Definitions
- The quality of being paradoxical
Ancestry of “paradoxicality”, step by step
paradoxicality traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English paradoxical
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | paradoxical | Having self-contradictory properties |
| 2 | English | paradox | An apparently self-contradictory statement, which... |
| 3 | Middle French | paradoxe | — |
| 4 | Latin | paradoxum | paradox |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | παράδοξος | contrary to expectation, strange, incredible |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | παρά | |
| 7 | Latin | verēdus | A fast or light breed of horse; courier's horse; hunter |
| 8 | Gaulish | werēdos | horse |
| 9 | Proto-Celtic | *uɸoreidos | horse |