parish

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromπαροικία“a dwelling abroad”
2. Late Latin · derived fromparochia
3. Old French · derived fromparoisse
4. Middle English · inherited fromparisshe
5. English todayparish

From Middle English parisshe, from Old French paroisse (compare the obsolete variant paroch, from Anglo-Norman paroche, parosse), from Late Latin parochia, from Ancient Greek παροικία (paroikía, “a dwelling abroad”).