pariculus

Latin

From pār (“equal, alike”) +‎ -culus (diminutive ending). Attested in the Lex Salica.[1]

pariculus (feminine paricula, neuter pariculum); first/second-declension adjective (Late Latin)

First/second-declension adjective.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular			Plural
Nominative	pariculus	paricula	pariculum	pariculī	pariculae	paricula
Genitive	pariculī	pariculae	pariculī	pariculōrum	pariculārum	pariculōrum
Dative	pariculō	pariculae	pariculō	pariculīs
Accusative	pariculum	pariculam	pariculum	pariculōs	pariculās	paricula
Ablative	pariculō	pariculā	pariculō	pariculīs
Vocative	paricule	paricula	pariculum	pariculī	pariculae	paricula

Several descendants presuppose a feminine collective noun *paricula, meaning 'pair' or similar. Some derive from the masculine plural pariculī.

Balkan Romance:
- Aromanian: pãreaclji, pãreaclje, preaclji
- Romanian: pereche, păreche
Italo-Romance:
- Corsican: parechju
- Italian: parecchio, parecchia
  - → Sardinian: paritzu, pariciu
- Neapolitan: pariccio, paricchie (Apulia)
- Sicilian: paricchia, pariggia
  Calabrian: paricciu
North Italian:
- Friulian: pareli, parél
- Old Lombard: pareghio
- Old Venetian: parechi
  - Venetian: parigi (different dialects?)
- Piedmontese: parei, paray
- Romansch: paregl
Gallo-Romance:
- Franco-Provençal: parèly, pazhë, parèye, parë, pareu, parê, paräë
- Oïl:
  - Bourguignon: pairoil
  - Old French: pareil
    - French: pareil
    - → Italian: pareglio, pariglio
Occitano-Romance:
- Catalan: parell, parella
  Balearic: parei
- Occitan: parelh
Ibero-Romance:
- Asturian: pareyu, pareya
- Portuguese: parelho, parelha
- Old Spanish:
  - Ladino: parea
    - → Greek: παρέα (paréa)
  - Spanish: parejo, pareja

Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “parĭcŭlus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 7: N–Pas, page 650

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