p 3 a 1 r 1 a 1 b 3 o 1 l 1 a 1
8 letters · 12 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a plane curve formed by the intersection of a right circular cone and a plane parallel to an element of the curve
originBorrowed from New Latin parabola, from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ), from παραβάλλω (parabállō, “to set side by side”), from παρά (pará, “beside”) + βάλλω (bállō, “to throw”). Doublet of parable, parole, and palaver.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0