parole

speech, language (the faculty of using spoken language to communicate or express thought, the usage of this faculty, and the words articulated through its use); word(s) utterance, expression (an orally articulated unit of discourse); voice, spoken word; lyrics, words (of a song); promise, word

“la parole et l'écriture” — speech and writing

Inherited from Middle French parole, from Old French parole, inherited from Vulgar Latin *paraula, from Late Latin, from Latin parabola (“comparison; (later) speech”), from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ). Doublet of parabole and palabre.

swear to God!

Inherited from Middle French parole, from Old French parole, inherited from Vulgar Latin *paraula, from Late Latin, from Latin parabola (“comparison; (later) speech”), from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ). Doublet of parabole and palabre.