Etymology of the Latin word parabola
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 Latin
paraula,
parabolareDerivations in other languages
Albanian
përrallë, English
parabola, Italian
parabola, Portuguese
palavra, Spanish
palabraUsage
Word found in New Latin, Late Latin, Church Latin
