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Where does “παράφωνος” come from?

παράφωνος (Greek) comes from Greek παραφωνία, from French paraphonie, from Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ́φρων.

παράφωνος (Greek): out of tune, dissonant, discordant; out of tune,...

Definitions

  1. out of tune, dissonant, discordant; out of tune,...

Ancestry of “παράφωνος”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greekπαραφωνίαdissonance, atonality; disagreement, discord
2Frenchparaphonie—
3Ancient Greekπᾰρᾰ́φρων—
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