Where does “parallactic” come from?
parallactic (English) comes from New Latin parallacticus, from Ancient Greek παραλλακτικός, from Ancient Greek παραλλάσσω, from Ancient Greek ἀλλάσσω, from Ancient Greek ἄλλος, from Ancient Greek κρίνω, from Proto-Hellenic kríňňō, from Proto-Indo-European krinyéti — to sift, separate, divide.
parallactic (English): Of or pertaining to parallax
Definitions
- Of or pertaining to parallax
Ancestry of “parallactic”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Latin | parallacticus | — |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | παραλλακτικός | parallactic |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | παραλλάσσω | to cause to alternate |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἀλλάσσω | to change, alter, make other than it is; to give... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἄλλος | other, another, different, else; in combination... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | κρίνω | To separate, divide, part, distinguish between... |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | kríňňō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | krinyéti | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | krey- | to sift, separate, divide |