The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromπαρα-“beside”
- New Latin · derived fromparametrum“parameter”
- French · borrowed fromparamètre
- English todayparameter
From French paramètre, from New Latin parametrum (“parameter”), from Ancient Greek παρα- (para-, “beside”) + μέτρον (métron, “measure”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekπαρα- all →
para-paracosmpareidolia
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.