Where does “parallaxe” come from?
parallaxe (Middle French) comes from Latin parallaxis, from Ancient Greek παράλλαξις, from Ancient Greek παραλλάσσω, from Ancient Greek ἀλλάσσω, from Ancient Greek ἄλλος, from Ancient Greek κρίνω, from Proto-Hellenic kríňňō, from Proto-Indo-European krinyéti — to sift, separate, divide.
Ancestry of “parallaxe”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | parallaxis | parallax |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | παράλλαξις | alternation; alternating motion; change,... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | παραλλάσσω | to cause to alternate |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἀλλάσσω | to change, alter, make other than it is; to give... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἄλλος | other, another, different, else; in combination... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | κρίνω | To separate, divide, part, distinguish between... |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | kríňňō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | krinyéti | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | krey- | to sift, separate, divide |
Words derived from “parallaxe”