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Valparaiso

Valparaiso comes from Spanish paraíso ‘paradise’, from Ancient Greek παράδεισος ‘Garden of Eden’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- ‘to knead, form’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰeyǵʰ-‘to knead, form’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰóyǵʰos‘something formed’reconstructedderivative of *dʰeyǵʰ-
  3. Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*dʰáyȷ́ʰasreconstructed
  4. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*péri‘around’reconstructed
  5. Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*pari-reconstructed
  6. Proto-Iranianprehistoric (reconstructed)*paridayjah‘garden, orchard’reconstructed
  7. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπαράδεισος‘Garden of Eden’
  8. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEparadīsus‘Eden, the paradise home of the first humans’
  9. Spanishc. 1500–presentparaíso‘paradise’
  10. Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentValparaíso
  11. Englishearliest quotation 2026Valparaiso

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  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰeyǵʰ-‘to knead, form’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰóyǵʰos‘something formed’reconstructedderivative of *dʰeyǵʰ-
  3. Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*dʰáyȷ́ʰasreconstructed
  4. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*péri‘around’reconstructed
  5. Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*pari-reconstructed
  6. Proto-Iranianprehistoric (reconstructed)*paridayjah‘garden, orchard’reconstructed
  7. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπαράδεισος‘Garden of Eden’
  8. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEparadīsus‘Eden, the paradise home of the first humans’
  9. Spanishc. 1500–presentparaíso‘paradise’
  10. Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentValparaíso
  11. Englishearliest quotation 2026Valparaiso

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Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- ‘to knead, form’

figure, lady, fiction, dairy, dough, faint, fictitious, dey, effigy, feign, figment, feint, 26 more

through Latin paradīsus ‘Eden, the paradise home of the first humans’

paradise, 1 more

Today it means

name A city in Okaloosa County, Florida.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- / Valparaiso

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