paralian

English

Etymology

Early 18^th century adoption into English as a common noun, with its earliest use credited to Philip Wharton, 1st Duke of Wharton.

From the Ancient Greek proper noun Παράλιος (Parálios, “Paralian”) which is a derivation of the de-capitalised παράλιος (parálios, “coastal, maritime”).

παράλιος (parálios) is formed by a combination of "παρά-" + "-ἁλ-" + "-ιος"ː

• παρά- (pará-) which is a prefix derived from the preposition παρά (pará, “beside; next to, near, from; against, contrary to”); from the Proto-Indo-European (PIE) root *preh₂- (“before, in front”) which is derived from the older root *per- (“before, in front, first”).

• -ἁλ- (-hal-) which is a shortened variant of ἅλς (háls, “salt, brine, sea”); from the PIE noun *séh₂ls (“salt”).

• -ιος (-ios) is a suffix which forms adjectives from nouns with a sense of "belonging, pertaining to, being of something"; from the PIE suffix *-yós which creates adjectives when affixed to nouns or verb stems.

Noun

paralian (plural paralians)

1. (rare) someone who lives by the sea
2. a member of an ancient Greek people who lived by the Athenian coast in the 6th century B.C.E.

Anagrams

• planaria