Etymology

parentheses

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Late Latin parenthesēs
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  1. Late Latin · learned borrowing fromparenthesēs
  2. English todayparentheses

Learned borrowing from Late Latin parenthesēs.

Words from the same roots

Late Latinparenthesēs all →

parenthesis

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