Etymology of the English word parabola
the English word parabola
derived from the Latin word parabola (comparison; explanatory illustration; parable; parabola)
derived from the Greek word parabole, παραβολή (a similitude ('parable'); (symbolic) fictitious narrative (of common life conveying a moral), apothegm or adage)
derived from the Greek word paraballein, παραβάλλω