palavra
/paˈla.vɾɐ/ · noun
Meaning
- word
- unit of language
- oath; guarantee
- brief conversation
- unit of data
- the ability or permission to talk
- religious teachings
- word (used to assert that something is true)
Etymology / origin
From Old Galician-Portuguese palavra, with hyperthesis from earlier paravra, paravla, from Late Latin parabola (“speech”), from Latin parabola (“comparison, illustration”), from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ, “comparison; parable”). Doublet of parábola, a borrowing.
- παραβολή(Ancient Greek)→
- parabola(Latin)→
- parabola(la-lat)→
- palavra(Old Galician-Portuguese)→
- palavra (Portuguese)
- Relations: inh, inh, inh, der
Related words
Descendant words
- palaver(Dutch) (bor)
- palaver(English) (bor)
- palaveri(Finnish) (der)
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