The parallel with English becomes even more striking when we realize that Latin continued to be used for many hundreds of years more as the world's first "international language."
Cats show emotional habits parallel to those of their owners.
The river runs parallel to the main street.
The road parallels the river for a few miles.
He is without parallel.
Let the two lines be parallel.
This line is parallel to the other.
The opposite sides of a rectangle are parallel.
The promenade is parallel to the shore.
This line is parallel to that.
It has no parallel.
The road is parallel to the river.
The two streets run parallel to one another.
His humble background parallels that of his predecessor.