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Where does “parazitologija” come from?

parazitologija (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian paràzīt, from German parasit, from French parasite, from Latin parasītus, from Ancient Greek παράσιτος, from Ancient Greek παρά, from Latin verēdus, from Gaulish werēdos.

Ancestry of “parazitologija”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianparàzīt—
2Germanparasit—
3Frenchparasitea parasite; parasitic; inflection of...
4Latinparasītus—
5Ancient Greekπαράσιτοςone who eats at the table of another, parasite;...
6Ancient Greekπαρά
7Latinverēdus—
8Gaulishwerēdoshorse
9Proto-Celtic*uɸoreidos—

Words derived from “parazitologija”

  • parazitološki
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