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Where does “parahoric” come from?

parahoric (English) comes from English parabolic, from French parabolique, from French parabole, from Old French parabole, from Latin parabola, from Ancient Greek παραβολή, from Ancient Greek παραβάλλω, from Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ-.

parahoric (English): Describing a form of parabolic Iwahori subgroups

Definitions

  1. Describing a form of parabolic Iwahori subgroups

Ancestry of “parahoric”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishparabolicOf, or pertaining to, or in the shape of a...
2Frenchparaboliqueparabolic
3Frenchparaboleparabola; dish; parable
4Old Frenchparaboleparable
5LatinparabolaA comparison, illustration, likeness; An...
6Ancient Greekπαραβολήa placing of two things side by side,...
7Ancient Greekπαραβάλλωto compare; to set side by side; I set side by...
8Ancient Greekπᾰρᾰ-near; next to; by, near
9Ancient Greekπαρά
10Latinverēdus—
11Gaulishwerēdoshorse
12Proto-Celtic*uɸoreidos—
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