Etymology

unparliamentary

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Today it means: Unsuitable to be used in parliament. Full definition →

English parliamentary ← Middle English parlement ← Old French parlement
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
  10. Proto-Hellenic*pərai
  11. Ancient Greekπᾰρᾰ́ (părắ)
  12. Ancient Greekπαρα- (para-)
  13. Proto-Indo-European*gʷelH-
  14. Proto-Hellenic*gʷəlnō
  15. Ancient Greekβάλλω (bállō)
  16. Ancient Greekπαραβάλλω (parabállō)
  17. Ancient Greekπαραβολή (parabolḗ)
  18. Latinparabola
  19. Latinparabolāre
  20. Old Frenchparler (to speak)
  21. Old Frenchparlement
  22. Middle Englishparlement
  23. Englishparliament
  24. Englishparliamentary
  25. English todayunparliamentary

From un- + parliamentary.

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