Etymology

paremiology

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Today it means: The study of proverbs. Full definition →

Latin paroemia ← Ancient Greek παροιμία
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromπαροιμία
  2. Latin · derived fromparoemia
  3. English todayparemiology

From paremia (“proverb”) + -ology, from Latin paroemia, from Ancient Greek παροιμία (paroimía).

Words from the same roots

Latinparoemia all →

paroemia

Ancient Greekπαροιμία all →

paroemia

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