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- Ancient Greek · derived fromπαράφρασις
- Latin · derived fromparaphrasis
- Middle French · derived fromparaphrase
- English todayparaphrase
From Middle French paraphrase, from Latin paraphrasis, from Ancient Greek παράφρασις (paráphrasis), equivalent to para- + phrase. Doublet of paraphrasis.
Words from the same roots
Latinparaphrasis all →
Ancient Greekπαράφρασις all →
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.