English
paralious
Paralious comes from Ancient Greek παράλιος ‘coastal, maritime’, from ἅλς ‘salt’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sḗh₂l1‘salt’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*hā́ls1‘salt’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἅλς2‘salt’
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπαράλιος3parálios‘coastal, maritime’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEparalius3
- Englishtodayparalious3
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Ancient Greek ἅλς
- 2 Wiktionary, Ancient Greek παράλιος
- 3 Wiktionary, English paralious
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sḗh₂lWiktionary, Ancient Greek ἅλς‘salt’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*hā́lsWiktionary, Ancient Greek ἅλς‘salt’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἅλςWiktionary, Ancient Greek παράλιος‘salt’
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπαράλιοςWiktionary, English paraliousparálios‘coastal, maritime’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEparaliusWiktionary, English paralious
- EnglishtodayparaliousWiktionary, English paralious
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l ‘salt’
salt, sauce, salary, salad, sausage, cellar, salsa, sal, saline, salami, salina, 30 more
through Ancient Greek ἅλς ‘salt’
Today it means
adj coastal; native to the coast
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “paralious”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Ancient Greek ἅλς, Ancient Greek παράλιος. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l / paralious