parable

parable · noun, verb¹

1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
2. Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
3. Proto-Hellenic*pərai
4. Ancient Greekπᾰρᾰ́ (părắ)
5. Ancient Greekπαρα- (para-)
6. Proto-Indo-European*gʷelH-
7. Proto-Hellenic*gʷəlnō
8. Ancient Greekβάλλω (bállō)
9. Ancient Greekπαραβάλλω (parabállō)
10. Ancient Greekπαραβολή (parabolḗ)
11. Late Latinparabola
12. Old Frenchparabole
13. Middle Englishparable
14. English todayparable

From Middle English parable, from Old French parable, parabole, from Late Latin parabola, from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ, “comparison”). Doublet of parabola, parole, and palaver.

parable · adjective²

1. Latin · derived fromparābilis
2. English todayparable

From Latin parābilis, from parāre (“to prepare, procure”).

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