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Where does “parthe” come from?

parthe (French) comes from Middle French Parthe, from Latin Parthus, from Ancient Greek Πάρθος, from Old Persian 𐎱𐎼𐎰𐎺 — Parthia.

Ancestry of “parthe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle FrenchParthe—
2LatinParthusa Parthian
3Ancient GreekΠάρθοςa Parthian
4Old Persian𐎱𐎼𐎰𐎺Parthia
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