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Where does “parodie” come from?

parodie (Italian) comes from Italian parodia, from Ancient Greek παρῳδία, from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

parodie (Italian): plural of parodia

Definitions

  1. plural of parodia

Ancestry of “parodie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianparodiaparody; third-person singular present indicative...
2Ancient Greekπαρῳδίαparody
3Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
4Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
5Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ →