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Where does “parafiscal” come from?

parafiscal (French) comes from French para-, from Italian para-, from Italian para, from Italian paranoia, from Ancient Greek παράνοια, from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

parafiscal (French): indirect; parafiscal

Definitions

  1. indirect; parafiscal

Ancestry of “parafiscal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpara-para-
2Italianpara-para-
3Italianparacrepe rubber; crepe; third-person singular...
4Italianparanoiaparanoia
5Ancient Greekπαράνοιαderangement, madness
6Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
7Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
8Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “parafiscal”

  • parafiscalité
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