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Where does “paroisse” come from?

paroisse (Old French) comes from Late Latin parochia, from Latin paroecia, from Ancient Greek παροικία, from Ancient Greek πάροικος, from Ancient Greek οἶκος, from Ancient Greek -λογία, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

paroisse (Old French): parish

Definitions

  1. parish

Ancestry of “paroisse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinparochiadiocese
2Latinparoecia—
3Ancient Greekπαροικίαtemporary residency in a foreign land
4Ancient Greekπάροικοςdwelling beside or near, neighbouring; foreign,...
5Ancient Greekοἶκοςhouse or dwelling place; estate, inheritance;...
6Ancient Greek-λογίαBase for nouns denoting the study of something,...
7Ancient GreekλόγοςThat which is said: word, sentence, speech,...
8Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Words derived from “paroisse”

  • parish
  • parochial
  • parishioner
  • parochialism
  • parochially
  • nonparochial
  • extraparochial
  • parochiality
  • parishional
  • interparochial
  • parochialize
  • parochialist
  • interparish
  • parochialistic
  • nonparish
  • outparish
  • parisshe
  • parisshoner
  • parisshen
  • parochien
  • paroissial
  • paroissien
  • pârouaîssia
  • pâraîsse
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