paris

Paris · proper noun¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*kʷer-
2. Proto-Celtic · derived from*kʷaryos
3. Transalpine Gaulish · derived from*parios“cauldron”
4. Latin · derived fromParīsiī
5. Old French · derived fromParis
6. Middle English · inherited fromParys
7. English todayParis

From Middle English Parys, Paris, from Old French Paris, from the Late Latin name of an earlier settlement, Lutetia Parisiorum (“Lutetia of the Parisii”), from Latin Parīsiī, a Gaulish tribe, from Transalpine Gaulish *parios (“cauldron”), from Proto-Celtic *kʷaryos, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer-. Doublet of Parizh.

Paris · proper noun²

1. Ancient Greek · learned borrowing fromΠάρις
2. Ancient Greek · learned borrowing fromΠάρις
3. English todayParis

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Πάρις (Páris).

Words from the same roots