Where does “paraxenie” come from?
paraxenie (Romanian) comes from Greek παραξενιά, from Greek παράξενος, from Ancient Greek παράξενος, from Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ-, from Ancient Greek παρά, from Latin verēdus, from Gaulish werēdos, from Proto-Celtic *uɸoreidos — horse.
paraxenie (Romanian): eccentricity
Definitions
- eccentricity
Ancestry of “paraxenie”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greek | παραξενιά | oddness, weirdness, eccentricity, quirk,... |
| 2 | Greek | παράξενος | strange, weird, odd, bizarre; strange, weird,... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | παράξενος | half-foreign, counterfeit |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | πᾰρᾰ- | near; next to; by, near |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | παρά | |
| 6 | Latin | verēdus | A fast or light breed of horse; courier's horse; hunter |
| 7 | Gaulish | werēdos | horse |
| 8 | Proto-Celtic | *uɸoreidos | horse |