The word "paradise" entered English from the French "paradis", inherited from the Latin "paradisus", from Greek "parádeisos" (παράδεισος), from an Old Iranian form, from Proto-Aryan"*parādaiĵah-" "walled enclosure", whence Old Persian 𐎱𐎼𐎭𐎹𐎭𐎠𐎶 "p-r-d-y-d-a-m /paridaidam/", Avestan "pairi-daêza-". The literal meaning of this Eastern Old Iranian language word is "walled (enclosure)", from "pairi-" 'around' (cognate with Greek , English peri- of identical meaning) and "-diz" "to make, form (a wall), build" (cognate with Greek 'wall'). The word's etymology is ultimately derived from a PIE root "*dheigʷ" "to stick and set up (a wall)", and "*per" "around".