Where does “paralelkenar” come from?
paralelkenar (Turkish) comes from Turkish paralel, from French parallèle, from Middle French parallèle, from Latin parallēlus, from Ancient Greek παράλληλος, from Ancient Greek ἀλλήλων, from Ancient Greek ἄλλος, from Ancient Greek κρίνω — to sift, separate, divide.
paralelkenar (Turkish): parallelogram
Ancestry of “paralelkenar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Turkish | paralel | parallel |
| 2 | French | parallèle | parallel; parallel line; parallel; comparison |
| 3 | Middle French | parallèle | — |
| 4 | Latin | parallēlus | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | παράλληλος | beside one another, side-by-side; parallel to or... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἀλλήλων | referring back to a plural subject, and... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ἄλλος | other, another, different, else; in combination... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | κρίνω | To separate, divide, part, distinguish between... |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | kríňňō | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | krinyéti | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | krey- | to sift, separate, divide |