The story
- Latin · derived fromvallis
- Latin · derived fromad
- Latin · derived fromper
- Old French · derived frompar aval“below”
- English todayparavail
From Old French par aval (“below”), from par (“through”) (Latin per) + aval (“down”), from a- (Latin ad) + val (“a valley”) (Latin vallis). Compare paramount.
Words from the same roots
Latinper all →
perparparamountparamourparboilper centumper curiamper diemper stirpes
Latinad all →
adagreeassaultadjustcollexcisepiedmontabbreviationassailantaffrontadroitapportionassailalliterationappuiabasea-accouteracquiet-adad baculumad captandumad coelumaddorsedaddulceadretaffamishafforestalluminoramollishment
Latinvallis all →
balboa
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.