Etymology of the English word parlormaid
the English word parlormaid
derived from the English word parlor
derived from the Old French word parlur
derived from the Old French word parler
derived from the Latin word parabolare
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