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parvis

Meaningparadise

Common meaning: a church porch or forecourt

Journey through time

  1. Medieval Latinparadisus‘a forecourt, paradise’source
  2. Medieval Latinparavisussource
  3. Old Frenchparvissource
  4. Middle Englishparuissource
  5. Englishparvis‘a church porch or forecourt’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Medieval Latin paradisus ‘paradise’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry PARVIS, p. 424 · dictionary scan

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