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Where does “parisshe” come from?

parisshe (Middle English) comes from Old French paroisse, from Late Latin parochia, from Latin paroecia, from Ancient Greek παροικία, from Ancient Greek πάροικος, from Ancient Greek οἶκος, from Ancient Greek -λογία, from Ancient Greek λόγος — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

parisshe (Middle English): A parish; The people who are members of or who...

Definitions

  1. A parish; The people who are members of or who...

Ancestry of “parisshe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchparoisseparish
2Late Latinparochiadiocese
3Latinparoecia—
4Ancient Greekπαροικίαtemporary residency in a foreign land
5Ancient Greekπάροικοςdwelling beside or near, neighbouring; foreign,...
6Ancient Greekοἶκοςhouse or dwelling place; estate, inheritance;...
7Ancient Greek-λογίαBase for nouns denoting the study of something,...
8Ancient GreekλόγοςThat which is said: word, sentence, speech,...
9Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
10Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Words derived from “parisshe”

  • parish
  • interparish
  • nonparish
  • outparish
  • pairish
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