[Late Latin parēgoricus, soothing, from Greek parēgorikos, from parēgorein, to console, soothe, from parēgoros, consoling, soothing : para-, beside, near; see PARA-¹ + -ēgoros, speaking (from agoreuein, to speak in the assembly, address, say, from agorā, agora, assembly; see AGORA¹).]