| 1 | Middle French | parallaxe | — |
| 2 | Latin | parallaxis | parallax |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | παράλλαξις | alternation; alternating motion; change,... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | παραλλάσσω | to cause to alternate |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἀλλάσσω | to change, alter, make other than it is; to give... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἄλλος | other, another, different, else; in combination... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | κρίνω | To separate, divide, part, distinguish between... |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | kríňňō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | krinyéti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | krey- | to sift, separate, divide |