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Where does “parchement” come from?

parchement (Middle English) comes from Old French parchemin, from Vulgar Latin pergamēna, from Latin Pergamenus, from Ancient Greek Περγαμηνός, from Ancient Greek -ηνός, from Ancient Greek -νός, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

parchement (Middle English): Alternative form of parchemyn

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of parchemyn

Ancestry of “parchement”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchparcheminparchment
2Vulgar Latinpergamēna—
3LatinPergamenus—
4Ancient GreekΠεργαμηνόςof Pergamun; of Pergamon
5Ancient Greek-ηνός-ian, -ese
6Ancient Greek-νόςAlternative form of -νος
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

Words derived from “parchement”

  • parchment
  • parchmentlike
  • parchmenty
  • parchmentize
  • parchmentization
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