Etymology of the Greek word parabole (παραβολή)
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 other languages
Italian
parabola, Latin
parabola, Latin
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