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Where does “parangon” come from?

parangon (French) comes from Spanish parangón, from Spanish paragón, from Spanish paragonar, from Italian paragonare, from Ancient Greek παρακονάω, from Ancient Greek παρά, from Latin verēdus, from Gaulish werēdos.

parangon (French): paragon, standard

Definitions

  1. paragon, standard

Ancestry of “parangon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishparangóncomparison
2SpanishparagónObsolete spelling of parangón
3Spanishparagonar—
4Italianparagonareto compare
5Ancient GreekπαρακονάωI sharpen, whet; sharpen
6Ancient Greekπαρά
7Latinverēdus—
8Gaulishwerēdoshorse
9Proto-Celtic*uɸoreidos—
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