Where does “parafin” come from?

parafin (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from German Paraffin, from Latin affinis, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.

parafin (Norwegian Nynorsk): paraffin or kerosene

Definitions

  1. paraffin or kerosene

Ancestry of “parafin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanParaffinparaffin, alkane
2Latinaffinisneighbouring, allied to, kindred
3LatinAdtoward, to
4Latinilliche, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that...
5Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
6LatinolleArchaic form of ille
7Proto-Italic*olnosthat

Words derived from “parafin”

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