paragraphus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *per-

Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-

Proto-Hellenic *pərai

Ancient Greek παρά (pará)

Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ-

Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō

Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō)

Ancient Greek -ος (-os)

Ancient Greek παράγραφος (parágraphos)bor.

Latin paragraphus

Borrowed from Ancient Greek παράγραφος (parágraphos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [paˈra.ɡra.pʰʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [paˈraː.ɡra.fus]

Noun

paragraphus f or m (genitive paragraphī); second declension

1. paragraph
   • 1867, G. Massaja, Lectiones grammaticales pro missionariis qui addiscere volunt linguam amaricam seu vulgarem abyssiniae, nec non et linguam oromonicam seu populorum galla nuncupatorum, Paris, p.268 (headline)

     Paragraphus secundus. De nominibus appellativis seu communibus.

     Second paragraph. Of the appellative or common nouns.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	paragraphus	paragraphī
genitive	paragraphī	paragraphōrum
dative	paragraphō	paragraphīs
accusative	paragraphum	paragraphōs
ablative	paragraphō	paragraphīs
vocative	paragraphe	paragraphī

Descendants

• Italian: paragrafo
• Spanish: párrafo
  • → Cebuano: parapo
• → Middle French: paragraphe
  • → English: paragraph
    • → Cebuano: paragrap
• Portuguese: parágrafo
• Dutch: paragraaf

References

• "paragraphus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)