Where does “paralogisme” come from?
paralogisme (Middle French) comes from Late Latin paralogismus, from Ancient Greek παραλογισμός, from Ancient Greek -μός, from Proto-Indo-European -mós — Creates action/result nouns from verb stems.
Ancestry of “paralogisme”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Late Latin | paralogismus | — |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | παραλογισμός | false reasoning, fallacy; weakness of reasoning... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | -μός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -mós | Creates action/result nouns from verb stems |
Words derived from “paralogisme”