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Where does “paradīs” come from?

paradīs (Old English) comes from Old French paradis, from Latin paradīsus, from Ancient Greek παράδεισος, from Proto-Iranian paridayĵah.

Ancestry of “paradīs”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchparadis—
2Latinparadīsus—
3Ancient Greekπαράδεισοςthe garden owned by the Persian nobility;...
4Proto-Iranianparidayĵah—

Words derived from “paradīs”

  • Paradise
  • paradise
  • paradisal
  • imparadise
  • paradisian
  • paradisic
  • unparadise
  • disparadise
  • paradisefish
  • disparadised
  • paradise
  • paradys
  • paradis
  • paradais
Every word from Proto-Iranian paridayĵah →