Parthenon=بارثينون

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Parthenon=بارثينون

ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY:

Parthenon (n.)

name of the temple of Athena on the Acropolis in Athens, Greek, lit. "temple of the virgin goddess" (Athene), from parthenos "virgin, maiden, girl," of unknown origin.



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parody=باروديا

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parody=باروديا

ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY:

parody (n.)

1590s (first recorded use in English is in Ben Jonson), from or in imitation of L. parodia "parody," from Gk. paroidia / παρωδια   "burlesque song or poem," from para- "beside, parallel to" (see para- (1), in this case, "mock-") + oide "song, ode" (see ode). The meaning "poor or feeble imitation" is from 1830. Related: Parodic; parodical.

para- (1)

before vowels, par-, word-forming element meaning "alongside, beyond; altered; contrary; irregular, abnormal," from Gk. para- from para (prep.) "beside, near, issuing from, against, contrary to," from PIE root *per- "forward, through," cognate with O.E. for- "off, away" (see fore (adv.)).

para- (2)

word-forming element meaning "defense, protection against; that which protects from," from It. para, imperative of parare "to ward off," from L. parare "make ready" (see pare).

ode (n.)

1580s, from M.Fr. ode (c.1500), from L.L. ode "lyric song," from Gk. ωδη/oide, Attic contraction of aoide "song, ode/ωδη;" related to aeidein (Attic aidein) "to sing;" aoidos (Attic oidos) "a singer, singing;" aude "voice, tone, sound," probably from a PIE *e-weid-, perhaps from root *wed- "to speak." In classical use, "a poem intended to be sung;" in modern use usually a rhymed lyric, often an address, usually dignified, rarely extending to 150 lines. Related: Odic.

Parnassus=بارناسوس

Parnassus=بارناسوس

ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY:

Parnassus

late 14c., from Latin, from Gk. Parnassos, mountain in central Greece, sacred to Apollo and the Muses, thus symbolic of poetry. Room writes that the name is from Hittite parna "abode." Related: Parnassian.

parapsychology=باراسايكولوجي

parapsychology=باراسايكولوجي

ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY:

parapsychology (n.)

1924, from para- (1) "beside" + psychology.

para- (1)

before vowels, par-, word-forming element meaning "alongside, beyond; altered; contrary; irregular, abnormal," from Gk. para- from para (prep.) "beside, near, issuing from, against, contrary to," from PIE root *per- "forward, through," cognate with O.E. for- "off, away" (see fore (adv.)).

psychology (n.)

1650s, "study of the soul," probably coined mid-16c. in Germany by Melanchthon as Mod.L. psychologia, from Gk. psykhe- "breath, spirit, soul" (see psyche) + logia "study of" (see -logy). Meaning "study of the mind" first recorded 1748, from G. Wolff's Psychologia empirica (1732); main modern behavioral sense is from 1895.

psyche (n.)

1640s, "animating spirit," from L. psyche, from Gk. psykhe "the soul, mind, spirit, breath, life, the invisible animating principle or entity which occupies and directs the physical body" (personified as Psykhe, the lover of Eros), akin to psykhein "to blow, cool," from PIE root *bhes- "to blow" (cf. Skt. bhas-). The word had extensive sense development in Platonic philosophy and Jewish-influenced theological writing of St. Paul. In English, psychological sense is from 1910.

-logy

word-forming element meaning "a speaking, discourse, treatise, doctrine, theory, science," from Gk. -logia (often via Fr. -logie or M.L. -logia), from root of legein "to speak;" thus, "the character or deportment of one who speaks or treats of (a certain subject);" see lecture (n.).