Where does “parallacticus” come from?
parallacticus (New Latin) comes from Ancient Greek παραλλακτικός, 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, from Proto-Indo-European krey- — to sift, separate, divide.
Ancestry of “parallacticus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | παραλλακτικός | parallactic |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | παραλλάσσω | to cause to alternate |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἀλλάσσω | to change, alter, make other than it is; to give... |
| 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 |