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Where does “parevis” come from?

parevis (Old French) comes from Old French Parais, from Latin paradīsus, from Ancient Greek παράδεισος, from Proto-Iranian paridayĵah.

Ancestry of “parevis”, step by step

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

Words derived from “parevis”

  • parvis
  • parvis
  • parvise
  • parvys
  • parvis
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