parisshe
Middle English
/paˈriʃ(ə)/
noun
Definitions
- A parish governmental unit, either religious or secular
- The people who are members of or who reside within a parish.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French paroisse derived from Latin parochia, paroecia derived from Ancient Greek παροικία (a dwelling abroad, dwelling abroad).
Origin
Ancient Greek
παροικία
Gloss
a dwelling abroad, dwelling abroad
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- interparish English
- nonparish English
- outparish English
- parish English
- parish church English
- parochia Latin
- paroecia Latin
- Parochie German
- Pfarre German
- parroquia Spanish, Castilian
- πάροικος Ancient Greek
- παροικία Ancient Greek
- πᾰροικῐ́ᾱ Ancient Greek
- paróquia Portuguese
- chirche Middle English
- parische chirche Middle English
- parissh prest Middle English
- parisshen Middle English
- parisshoner Middle English
- prest Middle English
- paróiste Irish
- paroisse Old French
- paroissial Old French
- paroissien Old French
- parròquia Catalan, Valencian
- parroquia Galician
- parohie Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- prochie Middle Dutch
- pfarrāri Old High German
- pairish Scots
- paroche xno
- parochia LL