parasiet
Dutch (Brabantic)
/ˌpaː.raːˈsit/
noun
Definitions
- (biology) parasite parasitic organism
- (figuratively) parasite, someone who relies on others to get things done.
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French parasite derived from Latin parasitus (guest, person who eats at the table of another) derived from Ancient Greek παράσιτος (person who eats at the table of another).
Origin
Ancient Greek
παράσιτος
Gloss
person who eats at the table of another
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- parasitaster Latin
- parasitus Latin
- parasītus Latin
- parazita Hungarian
- hyperparasiet Dutch, Flemish
- parasitologie Dutch, Flemish
- zwakte Dutch, Flemish
- zwakteparasiet Dutch, Flemish
- parasitaire French
- parasite French
- παρά Ancient Greek
- παράσιτος Ancient Greek
- σῖτος Ancient Greek
- parazit Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- παράσιτο Greek (modern)
- parasit Indonesian
- parasiet Afrikaans
- parasite Middle French