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ParaffinThe par- is a prefix but it's not from the Greek. Well, maybe not really a prefix. ParadorParamentParamoParangParasangThere are more if you include words with par- followed by a vowel, e.g., parous. I just grabbed my brick and mortar AHD and looked. I know, so last millennium.
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paranja (simplistically) para re: paradox
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Paradiddle! Thanks to eta for this (from the past--I still have it bookmarked).
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ParaffinThe par- is a prefix but it's not from the Greek. That's also true of paradise.
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AHD (OED concurs) has perhaps from Greek parakonan, to sharpen : para-, alongside; see para–1 + akon, whetstone (cf. It. paragonare) parallel :Latin paralllus, from Greek paralllos : para-, beside; see para–1 + allln, of one another (from allos, other; see al-1 in Appendix I). Yes. paralyze
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parallel: beside ... other Cool! Thanks.
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