paramus

See also: Paramus

Latin

Etymology 1

Possibly from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia,[1] from a superlative of Proto-Indo-European *per- (“before”) meaning "the highest" vel sim. Cognate with, for example, Pali parama (“superior, excellent”).

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

Noun

paramus m (genitive paramī); second declension

  1. A fallow plateau or highland, a wasteland.
Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case 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

Verb

parāmus

  1. first-person plural present 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
  1. Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954) “paramus”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 251
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