The story
- Proto-Indo-European*per-
- Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
- Proto-Hellenic*pərai
- Ancient Greekπᾰρᾰ́ (părắ)
- Ancient Greekπαρα- (para-)
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷelH-
- Proto-Hellenic*gʷəlnō
- Ancient Greekβάλλω (bállō)
- Ancient Greekπαραβάλλω (parabállō)
- Ancient Greekπαραβολή (parabolḗ)
- Latinparabola
- Latinparabolāre
- Old Frenchparler
- Middle Frenchparler
- Frenchparler
- English todayParler
Borrowed from French parler (“to speak”).
Words from the same roots
Frenchparler all →
parlay
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.