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Etymology of the English word paradox

the English word paradox
derived from the Greek word para, παρά (near, along, beside, close to)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *per
derived from the Church Greek word doxa, δόξα (belief; glory (as very apparent), in a wide application (literal or figurative, objective or subjective))

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