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Etymology of the English word parabolic

the English word parabolic

derived from 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

derived from the Greek word para, παρά (near, along, beside, close to)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *per

derived from the Greek word ballein, βάλλω (to throw)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gʷelə-

using the English suffix -ic

Usage

Word found in Modern English