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Where does “parazit” come from?

parazit (Serbo-Croatian) comes from German parasit, from French parasite, from Latin parasītus, from Ancient Greek παράσιτος, from Ancient Greek παρά, from Latin verēdus, from Gaulish werēdos, from Proto-Celtic *uɸoreidos.

Ancestry of “parazit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanparasit—
2Frenchparasitea parasite; parasitic; inflection of...
3Latinparasītus—
4Ancient Greekπαράσιτοςone who eats at the table of another, parasite;...
5Ancient Greekπαρά
6Latinverēdus—
7Gaulishwerēdoshorse
8Proto-Celtic*uɸoreidos—

Words derived from “parazit”

  • parazitski
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