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Where does “paras-” come from?

paras- (Proto-Semitic) comes from Romanian pârî, from Old Church Slavonic пьрѣти, from Proto-Slavic pьrěti — to quarrel, deny, renounce.

Ancestry of “paras-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianpârîto denounce; accuse
2Old Church Slavonicпьрѣтиto quarrel, argue, dispute; to deny, contradict,...
3Proto-Slavicpьrětito quarrel, deny, renounce

Words derived from “paras-”

  • haras
  • harras
  • haras
  • فرس
  • haras
  • haraz
  • haraz
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