Where does “parenteze” come from?
parenteze (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto parentezo, from French parenthèse, from Latin parenthesis, from Ancient Greek παρένθεσις, from Ancient Greek παρεντίθημι, from Ancient Greek τίθημι, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.
parenteze (Esperanto): by the way, apropos, incidentally
Definitions
- by the way, apropos, incidentally
Ancestry of “parenteze”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Esperanto | parentezo | parenthesis, bracket |
| 2 | French | parenthèse | a parenthesis, a digression; either of a pair of... |
| 3 | Latin | parenthesis | addition of a letter to a syllable in a word |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | παρένθεσις | a putting in beside, injection; insertion;... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | παρεντίθημι | I put in beside, mix up; to insert |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | τίθημι | I put, place, set; I make, cause to be; I make |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁- | to do, put, place |