Where does “parallel” come from?
Parallel comes from Middle French parallèle, derived from Ancient Greek παρά meaning "beside," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European per- meaning "forward" or "through."
parallel (English): Equally distant from one another at all points;...
Definitions
- Equally distant from one another at all points;...
Ancestry of “parallel”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | parallèle | — |
| 2 | Latin | parallēlus | parallel |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | παράλληλος | beside one another, side-by-side; parallel to or... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἀλλήλων | referring back to a plural subject, and... |
| 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 |
Words derived from “parallel”
- parallelism
- parallelization
- antiparallel
- parallelize
- nonparallel
- subparallel
- parallelisation
- parallelizable
- unparallel
- parallelly
- parallelistic
- parallelise
- parallelity
- nonparallelism
- quasiparallel
- parallelisable
- parallelizability
- teleparallelism
- ultraparallel
- pseudoparallel
- nonparallelizable
- antiparallelly
- teleparallel
- superparallel