Etymology

Parisian

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Today it means: A native, citizen and/or inhabitant of Paris, France Full definition →

Middle English Parisien ← Middle French parisien ← Medieval Latin parisiānus
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The story

  1. Medieval Latin · derived fromparisiānus
  2. Middle French · derived fromparisien
  3. Middle English · inherited fromParisien
  4. English todayParisian

From Middle English Parisien, perisien, from Middle French parisien, from Medieval Latin parisiānus. By surface analysis, Paris + -ian.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.