paramus
See also: Paramus
Latin
editEtymology 1
editPossibly from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia,[1] from a superlative of Proto-Indo-European *per- (“before”) meaning "the highest" vel sim. Cognate with, for example, Pali parama (“superior, excellent”).
This same element is present in Hispanic autochthonous personal names (Anparamo), theonyms (Paramaecus) and toponyms (Paramica) recorded in Roman inscriptions, or by Greek or Roman authors.
Noun
editparamus m (genitive paramī); second declension
Declension
editSecond-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | paramus | paramī |
Genitive | paramī | paramōrum |
Dative | paramō | paramīs |
Accusative | paramum | paramōs |
Ablative | paramō | paramīs |
Vocative | parame | paramī |
Descendants
editEtymology 2
editVerb
editparāmus
References
edit- paramus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Clements, J. Clancy (2009) “The General Socio-Historical Context of Portuguese and Castilian [2 - The general socio-historical context of Portuguese and Castilian]”, in The Linguistic Legacy of Spanish and Portuguese (Cambridge Approaches to Language Contact), Cambridge University Press, published 2009, , →ISBN, page 30
- ^ Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954) “paramus”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 251