Etymology of the English word parliament
the English word
parliamentderived from the French word
parlementderived from the Old French word
parlerderived from the Latin word
parabolarederived 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
*perderived from the Greek word
ballein, βάλλω (to throw)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*gʷelə-Derivations in English
parliamentarian,
parliamentaryDerivations in other languages
Portuguese
parlamentoCognates
Dutch
parlement, French
parlement, German
Parlament, Italian
parlamento, Lithuanian
parlamentas, Norwegian
parlament, Polish
parlament, Provençal
parlament, Russian
парламент, Swedish
parlamentUsage
Word found in Modern English
