Where does “parallèle” come from?

parallèle (Middle French) comes from Latin parallēlus, from Ancient Greek παράλληλος, from Ancient Greek ἀλλήλων, from Ancient Greek ἄλλος, from Ancient Greek κρίνω, from Proto-Hellenic kríňňō, from Proto-Indo-European krinyéti, from Proto-Indo-European krey- — to sift, separate, divide.

Ancestry of “parallèle”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Latin	parallēlus	parallel
2	Ancient Greek	παράλληλος	beside one another, side-by-side; parallel to or...
3	Ancient Greek	ἀλλήλων	referring back to a plural subject, and...
4	Ancient Greek	ἄλλος	other, another, different, else; in combination...
5	Ancient Greek	κρίνω	To separate, divide, part, distinguish between...
6	Proto-Hellenic	kríňňō	—
7	Proto-Indo-European	krinyéti	—
8	Proto-Indo-European	krey-	to sift, separate, divide

Words derived from “parallèle”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European krey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European krinyéti →Every word from Proto-Hellenic kríňňō →