| 1 | Lower Sorbian | fara | manse, vicarage, parsonage, rectory |
| 2 | German | Pfarre | — |
| 3 | Middle High German | pharre | — |
| 4 | Old High German | pharra | — |
| 5 | Late Latin | parochia | diocese |
| 6 | Latin | paroecia | — |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | παροικία | temporary residency in a foreign land |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | πάροικος | dwelling beside or near, neighbouring; foreign,... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | οἶκος | house or dwelling place; estate, inheritance;... |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | -λογία | Base for nouns denoting the study of something,... |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |