paroemia

C2+ Topic:General Vocabulary

US /pəˈrimiə/ UK /pəˈriːmiə/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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noun
a proverb or adage, especially as a subject of study

The scholar collected ancient paroemia from oral tradition.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a proverb or adage,... proverb adage saying maxim aphorism apophthegm

Word family

Derived forms paroemiacparoemiology

Related forms proverb

Etymology

From Late Latin paroemia, from Greek paroimia 'proverb, byword', from para 'beside' + oimos 'way, path' (literally 'a wayside saying').

paroimía Ancient Greek pará Ancient Greek oîmos Ancient Greek

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General Vocabulary

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# paroemia

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /pəˈrimiə/
**IPA (UK):** /pəˈriːmiə/

## Meanings
1. a proverb or adage, especially as a subject of study

## Examples
- The scholar collected ancient paroemia from oral tradition.

## Synonyms
- proverb
- adage
- saying
- maxim
- aphorism
- apophthegm

## Derived Forms
- paroemiac
- paroemiology

## Related Forms
- proverb

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: paroimía
- Root: pará
- Root: oîmos

## Etymology
From Late Latin paroemia, from Greek paroimia 'proverb, byword', from para 'beside' + oimos 'way, path' (literally 'a wayside saying').

## AI Etymology
Paroemia comes from Late Latin paroemia, from Greek paroimia 'proverb, byword', from para 'beside' + oimos 'way, path' (literally 'a wayside saying'). The etymological trail includes Ancient Greek paroimía, Ancient Greek pará, and Ancient Greek oîmos. As a noun, paroemia means a proverb or adage, especially as a subject of study. The same family is visible in derived forms such as paroemiac and paroemiology and related forms such as proverb. Morphologically, the word is built from the elements named in its history, so the modern form preserves a visible compound, prefix, or suffix structure.

## Topics
- General Vocabulary

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