paralian

English

Etymology

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

From Ancient Greek Παράλιος (Parálios, “Paralian”), from παράλιος (parálios, “coastal, maritime”), from παρα- (para-, “beside, next to”) + ἅλς (háls, “salt, seawater”) + -ιος (-ios, adjectival suffix).

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