Where does “پارس” come from?

پارس (Persian) comes from French paris, from French patrice, from Latin Pātricius, from Latin -icius, from Latin -icus, from Ancient Greek -ικός, from Ancient Greek -κός, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.

پارس (Persian): Persian; a pard; an animal smaller than a leopard...

Definitions

  1. Persian; a pard; an animal smaller than a leopard...

Ancestry of “پارس”, step by step

پارس traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French paris

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchparisplural of pari
2Frenchpatricepatrician
3LatinPātriciuspatrician, noble
4Latin-icius-itious
5Latin-icusbelonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;...
6Ancient Greek-ικόςof or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic
7Ancient Greek-κόςforms adjectives with the sense of 'of or...
8Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic

via Middle Persian 𐭯𐭠𐭫𐭮𐭩

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Persian𐭯𐭠𐭫𐭮𐭩Persia
2Old Persian𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿a Persian
3Proto-Iranianpárcušrib
4Proto-Indo-Iranianpárćušrib
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpérḱuschest; rib

Words derived from “پارس

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ḱosEvery word from Ancient Greek -ικόςEvery word from Latin -icus