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parato
para
masc abl sg of para (pron); masc abl sg of para (adj); masc abl sg of para (noun); masc abl pl of para (noun)
- para (pron): other; another (person)
- para (adj): next (world); next (life); after (life)
- para (adj): (gram) next; following; last; after
- para (adj): foreign; alien; not oneself
- para (masc): (gram) next letter; following vowel
- para (adj): engrossed in; given to; aiming for
- para (adj): higher; greater; more (than)
- parato (pron): of another; another's; lit. from another
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Built from
- para — root · other, another
Cognate with Sanskrit para, Greek perá (beyond), Latin per- (through, across). The spatial sense 'on the far side' underlies the meaning 'other, another'.
- -to — ending · ablative singular
Ablative ending marking source or separation: 'from, of, by'. Here expressing possession ('of another') and origin ('from another').
Analysis. para (other, another) + -to (ablative singular ending)
Etymology. para is cognate with Sanskrit para, Greek perá (beyond, across), and Latin per- (through); the root sense is 'further, on the other side', imaging spatial distance that extends to the notion of otherness and alterity.