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Etymology!
What is the etymology of the word "Parlare"?
is it Latin?
Correct me ^_^
Thanks in advance!
Sep 14, 2012 5:12 PM
Answers · 3
Il mio dizionario etimologico mi riporta al verbo latino /parabolare/,
che significa /narrare usando una allegoria/.
Mi piacerebbe andare piu` indietro, ma non ho gli strumenti, e al momento
escludo di cercare su internet (ho fatto indigestione di ricerche su internet
per i miei corsi).
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The origin, as reported by my etymological dictionary is
from the latin verb /parabolare/, with the original meaning:
to tell a tale that should be an example for something else
(Italian: allegoria).
September 14, 2012
Parlare/to speak
http://www.treccani.it/vocabolario/parlare2/
[lat. mediev. parabolare, *paraulare, der. di parabŏla (v. parola)]
lat. mediev. = Middle Age Latin,
der. di = derived from
Parola/word
[lat. tardo parabŏla (v. parabola1), lat. pop. *paraula; l’evoluzione di sign. da «parabola» a «discorso, parola» si ha già nella Vulgata, in quanto le parabole di Gesù sono le parole divine per eccellenza]. –
The evolution of the meaning from "parabola" to "speech, talk" it is already found in the Vulgata (Bible translation in Latin), since that Jesus' parables are the divine words par excellence.
Parabola/parable
http://www.treccani.it/vocabolario/parabola1/
s. f. [dal lat. parabŏla, gr. παραβολή, der. del tema di παραβάλλω «confrontare»]. –
tema = stem
confrontare =confront
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September 15, 2012
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