Where does “paramilitary” come from?
Paramilitary comes from English military, French parachute, and Latin par and cadere, meaning to fall equally or in parallel fashion.
paramilitary (English): A group of civilians trained and organized in a...
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- A group of civilians trained and organized in a...
Ancestry of “paramilitary”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | para- | above, beyond; beside, near, alongside;... |
| 2 | English | parachute | A device, generally constructed from fabric, that... |
| 3 | French | parachute | parachute device designed to control the fall of an object |
| 4 | French | para- | para |
| 5 | Italian | para- | para |
| 6 | Italian | para | crepe rubber; crepe; third-person singular... |
| 7 | Italian | paranoia | paranoia |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | παράνοια | derangement, madness |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | -ῐ́ᾱ | {{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |