Where does “Paraffin” come from?
Paraffin (German) comes from Latin affinis, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.
Paraffin (German): paraffin, alkane
Definitions
- paraffin, alkane
Ancestry of “Paraffin”, step by step
Paraffin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin affinis
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | affinis | neighbouring, allied to, kindred |
| 2 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 3 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 4 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 5 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |
via Latin parum
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | parum | very little; insufficient, not enough, too little |
| 2 | Latin | parvus | small, little, puny; cheap, petty, trifling,... |
| 3 | Latin | -ior | "third declension"; forms adjectives’ comparative... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |