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I'm after words which begin with "para", where this is not a prefix. One of those brain tangents I sometimes take...
One each, to make it fair. Go!
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parallax?
(Any word where the "par-" part is the prefix, rather than para-, will meet your conditions.)
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(I was going to put 'parable', but no.)
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parallax?
(Any word where the "par-" part is the prefix, rather than para-, will meet your conditions.) In that case, excluding "par" prefixes (I want to type prefices) as well.
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parading away from the obscure, how about parade?
[fr. F. parer, to adorn]
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It meets the criteria. Fwiw, I started my own meanderings with paragon.
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AHD (OED concurs) has perhaps from Greek parakonan, to sharpen : para-, alongside; see para–1 + akon, whetstone
(cf. It. paragonare)
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AHD (OED concurs) has perhaps from Greek parakonan, to sharpen : para-, alongside; see para–1 + akon, whetstone
(cf. It. paragonare) Indeed. I did suspect many of the para words would have some deep dark derivation from para meaning alongside. And that the discussion would head that way. I guess I don't see the para in paragon as a prefix because the definition is not simply "alongside a/the gon" it was attached so long ago that it can not be unaffixed the average person wouldn't see it a prefix I was really just trying to avoid words like paralegal and paramedic it's my thread and I'm making up the rules :p
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I'm not making the rules (hi doc), but if you go back far enough (see AHD) you'll find 'around the wall'. <shrugs>
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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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