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Where does “palab” come from?

palab (Mauritian Creole) comes from French palabre, from Spanish palabra, from Old Spanish parabla, from Latin parabola, from Ancient Greek παραβολή, from Ancient Greek παραβάλλω, from Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ-, from Ancient Greek παρά.

palab (Mauritian Creole): gossip; one who gossips

Definitions

  1. gossip; one who gossips

Ancestry of “palab”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpalabreconvoluted discussion; palaver; first-person...
2Spanishpalabraword; wording
3Old Spanishparablaword
4LatinparabolaA comparison, illustration, likeness; An...
5Ancient Greekπαραβολήa placing of two things side by side,...
6Ancient Greekπαραβάλλωto compare; to set side by side; I set side by...
7Ancient Greekπᾰρᾰ-near; next to; by, near
8Ancient Greekπαρά
9Latinverēdus—
10Gaulishwerēdoshorse
11Proto-Celtic*uɸoreidos—
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