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Where does “paroli” come from?

paroli (French) comes from Italian paroli, from Italian parolo, from Latin parāre, from Latin parō, from Latin pectus, from Proto-Italic pektos, from Proto-Indo-European peg-, from English polyethylene glycol — Any of a series of water-soluble polymers, of...

paroli (French): a double stake

Definitions

  1. a double stake

Ancestry of “paroli”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianparoli—
2Italianparolo—
3Latinparāre—
4Latinparō—
5Latinpectuschest, breast; heart, breast, as the seat of...
6Proto-Italicpektos—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpeg-breast
8Englishpolyethylene glycolAny of a series of water-soluble polymers, of...
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