Etymology

paraphernal

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Today it means: Of or pertaining to a woman's parapherna Full definition →

Medieval Latin paraphernālis ← Late Latin parapherna ← Latin -ālis
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  1. Latin · derived from-ālis
  2. Late Latin · derived fromparapherna
  3. Medieval Latin · borrowed fromparaphernālis
  4. English todayparaphernal

From Medieval Latin paraphernālis, from Late Latin parapherna + Latin -ālis (suffix forming adjectives). By surface analysis, paraphern(a) + -al.

Words from the same roots

Late Latinparapherna all →

parapherna

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