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Where does “parentezo” come from?

parentezo (Esperanto) comes 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.

parentezo (Esperanto): parenthesis, bracket

Definitions

  1. parenthesis, bracket

Ancestry of “parentezo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchparenthèsea parenthesis, a digression; either of a pair of...
2Latinparenthesisaddition of a letter to a syllable in a word
3Ancient Greekπαρένθεσιςa putting in beside, injection; insertion;...
4Ancient GreekπαρεντίθημιI put in beside, mix up; to insert
5Ancient GreekτίθημιI put, place, set; I make, cause to be; I make
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

Words derived from “parentezo”

  • parenteze
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