Etymology

parliamentarian

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Today it means: A member of a parliament, congress or an elected national legislative body of another name. Full definition →

English parliament ← Middle English parlement ← Old French parlement
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parliamentarian · noun, adjective1

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*pərai
  4. Ancient Greekπᾰρᾰ́ (părắ)
  5. Ancient Greekπαρα- (para-)
  6. Proto-Indo-European*gʷelH-
  7. Proto-Hellenic*gʷəlnō
  8. Ancient Greekβάλλω (bállō)
  9. Ancient Greekπαραβάλλω (parabállō)
  10. Ancient Greekπαραβολή (parabolḗ)
  11. Latinparabola
  12. Latinparabolāre
  13. Old Frenchparler (to speak)
  14. Old Frenchparlement
  15. Middle Englishparlement
  16. Englishparliament
  17. English todayparliamentarian

From parliament + -arian.

Parliamentarian · noun2

From Parliament + -arian.

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