Where does “パラレルワールド” come from?

パラレルワールド (Japanese) comes from English parallel world, from English parallel, from Middle French parallèle, from Latin parallēlus, from Ancient Greek παράλληλος, from Ancient Greek ἀλλήλων, from Ancient Greek ἄλλος, from Ancient Greek κρίνω — to sift, separate, divide.

パラレルワールド (Japanese): a parallel world

Definitions

  1. a parallel world

Ancestry of “パラレルワールド”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishparallel worldA reality or world that exists simultaneously...
2EnglishparallelEqually distant from one another at all points;...
3Middle Frenchparallèle
4Latinparallēlusparallel
5Ancient Greekπαράλληλοςbeside one another, side-by-side; parallel to or...
6Ancient Greekἀλλήλωνreferring back to a plural subject, and...
7Ancient Greekἄλλοςother, another, different, else; in combination...
8Ancient GreekκρίνωTo separate, divide, part, distinguish between...
9Proto-Hellenickríňňō
10Proto-Indo-Europeankrinyéti
11Proto-Indo-Europeankrey-to sift, separate, divide
Every word from Proto-Indo-European krey-Every word from Proto-Indo-European krinyétiEvery word from Proto-Hellenic kríňňō