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Where does “paradis” come from?

paradis (Middle English) comes from Old English paradīs, from Old French paradis, from Latin paradīsus, from Ancient Greek παράδεισος, from Proto-Iranian paridayĵah.

Ancestry of “paradis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishparadīs—
2Old Frenchparadis—
3Latinparadīsus—
4Ancient Greekπαράδεισοςthe garden owned by the Persian nobility;...
5Proto-Iranianparidayĵah—

Words derived from “paradis”

  • Paradise
  • paradise
  • paradisal
  • imparadise
  • paradisian
  • paradisic
  • unparadise
  • disparadise
  • paradisefish
  • disparadised
  • paradais
Every word from Proto-Iranian paridayĵah →