paramus

See also: Paramus

Latin

Etymology 1

Possibly from Paleo-Hispanic, from a superlative of Proto-Indo-European *per- (“before”), meaning "the highest" (or similar). Cognate with Pali parama (“superior, excellent”).

This same element is present in Hispanic autochthonous personal names (e.g. Anparamo), theonyms (e.g. Paramaecus) and toponyms (e.g. Paramica) recorded in Roman inscriptions, or by Greek and Roman authors.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpa.ra.mʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpaː.ra.mus]

Noun

paramus m (genitive paramī); second declension

1. (Spain, dialectal) a fallow plateau or highland; a wasteland

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	paramus	paramī
genitive	paramī	paramōrum
dative	paramō	paramīs
accusative	paramum	paramōs
ablative	paramō	paramīs
vocative	parame	paramī

Descendants

• Old Galician-Portuguese: paranho
  • Galician: paraño
  • Portuguese: paranho
• Spanish: páramo
  • → English: paramo

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [paˈraː.mʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [paˈraː.mus]

Verb

parāmus

1. first-person plural present/perfect active indicative of parō

References

• “paramus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Clements, J. Clancy (2009), “The General Socio-Historical Context of Portuguese and Castilian [2 - The general socio-historical context of Portuguese and Castilian]”, in The Linguistic Legacy of Spanish and Portuguese (Cambridge Approaches to Language Contact), Cambridge University Press, published 2009, →DOI, →ISBN, page 30
• Adams, J. N. (2007), The Regional Diversification of Latin 200 BC - AD 600‎^[1], Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 425-426