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Where does “paranormale” come from?

paranormale (French) comes from French paranormal, 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 — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

paranormale (French): feminine singular of paranormal

Definitions

  1. feminine singular of paranormal

Ancestry of “paranormale”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchparanormalparanormal
2Frenchpara-para-
3Italianpara-para-
4Italianparacrepe rubber; crepe; third-person singular...
5Italianparanoiaparanoia
6Ancient Greekπαράνοιαderangement, madness
7Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
8Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
9Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
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