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- Latin · derived fromparere“bring forth, bear”
- Latin · derived from-parum“-parous”
- Latin · derived fromfalc-“sickle, scythe”
- English todayfalciparum
From Latin falc- (“sickle, scythe”) + -i- + Latin -parum (“-parous”), from Latin parere (“bring forth, bear”).
Words from the same roots
Latinfalx all →
falchionfalxfalcadefalcerfalciger
Latinparere all →
muciparouspartogrampluriparouspolyparous
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.