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Where does “paravail” come from?

paravail (English) comes from Old French par aval, from Latin per, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos.

paravail (English): At the bottom; lowest

Definitions

  1. At the bottom; lowest

Ancestry of “paravail”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchpar avalbelow
2Latinperthrough, by means of; throughout, during
3LatinAd—
4Latinilliche, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that...
5Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
6LatinolleArchaic form of ille
7Proto-Italic*olnos—
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