Where does “parmi” come from?
parmi (French) comes from French par, from Middle French par, from Old French par, from Latin per, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle — that.
parmi (French): among, amongst; amid, amidst
Definitions
- among, amongst; amid, amidst
Ancestry of “parmi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | par | through; by; over |
| 2 | Middle French | par | by |
| 3 | Old French | par | by; via; because of; due to; by |
| 4 | Latin | per | through, by means of; throughout, during |
| 5 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 6 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 7 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 8 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |