Where does “pára” come from?
pára (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian paraméter, from English parameter, from French paramètre, from French para-, from Italian para-, from Italian para, from Italian paranoia, from Ancient Greek παράνοια — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
pára (Hungarian): steam, vapor/vapour
Definitions
- steam, vapor/vapour
Ancestry of “pára”, step by step
pára traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian paraméter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | paraméter | parameter |
| 2 | English | parameter | A value kept constant during an experiment,... |
| 3 | French | paramètre | parameter |
| 4 | French | para- | para |
| 5 | Italian | para- | para |
| 6 | Italian | para | crepe rubber; crepe; third-person singular... |
| 7 | Italian | paranoia | paranoia |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | παράνοια | derangement, madness |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | -ῐ́ᾱ | {{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |