The story
- Old French · derived fromparoissien
- Middle English · inherited fromparisshoner
- English todayparishioner
From Late Middle English parisshoner, from earlier parisshen (c. 1200), from Old French paroissien, parochien, from paroisse (English parish). Equivalent to parish + -ian + -er.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.