Where does “parliamentary” come from?
Parliamentary derives from English parliament, from Latin parliamentum (a speaking together), from Middle French parler (to speak) and Latin -mentum (result of action), from Latin parabola (comparison, discourse) and Ancient Greek βάλλω (to throw).
parliamentary (English): Of, relating to, or enacted by a parliament;...
Definitions
- Of, relating to, or enacted by a parliament;...
Ancestry of “parliamentary”, step by step
parliamentary traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English parliament
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | parliament | A formal council summoned to discuss important... |
| 2 | Middle English | parlement | A discussion or conversation; talking |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | parliament | — |
| 4 | Old French | parlement | discussion; discourse; debate; argument;... |
| 5 | Old French | parler | to speak; to talk |
| 6 | Latin | parabolō | to make clear by metaphors |
| 7 | Latin | parabola | A comparison, illustration, likeness; An... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | παραβολή | a placing of two things side by side,... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | παραβάλλω | to compare; to set side by side; I set side by... |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | πᾰρᾰ- | near; next to; by, near |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | παρά | |
| 12 | Latin | verēdus | A fast or light breed of horse; courier's horse; hunter |
| 13 | Gaulish | werēdos | horse |
| 14 | Proto-Celtic | *uɸoreidos | horse |