English
P-Funk
Blend of parliament + funkadelic, from the names of two of the original bands associated with this style of music.
A blend of parliament + funkadelic
Ancient Greek παραβάλλω ‘to throw beside; to set side by side’
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Latin parabolō ‘to speak, talk’
Old French parler ‘to speak’
Old French parlement ‘discussion; assembly’
Middle English parlement ‘a discussion or conversation’
English parliament
The story
Blend of parliament + funkadelic, from the names of two of the original bands associated with this style of music.
Today it means
noun A style of funk music associated with the Parliament-Funkadelic collective in the 1970s and early 1980s.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / P-Funk