paracosm

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*ḱems-
2. Ancient Greek · derived fromκόσμος“the earth, world; universe”
3. Ancient Greek · derived fromπαρα-
4. English todayparacosm

From English para- (prefix meaning ‘alongside, beside’) (from Ancient Greek παρα- (para-, prefix meaning ‘beside’)) + English cosm(os) (“universe”) (from Ancient Greek κόσμος (kósmos, “the earth, world; universe”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱems-, *ḱens- (“to put in order”)).

Words from the same roots