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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
- A fallow plateau or highland, a wasteland.
Declension
Second-declension noun.
Descendants
Etymology 2
Verb
parāmus
- 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