Etymograph

English

parachute

Parachute comes from Italian parare, and goes back to Latin parō ‘to shield’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEparō‘to shield’
  2. Italianc. 1300–presentparare
  3. Frenchc. 1600–presentparachute
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1998same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history not traced here.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEparō‘to shield’
  2. Italianc. 1300–presentparare
  3. Frenchc. 1600–presentparachute
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1998same form

Earliest quotation: 1998, Guillaume Dustan, In My Room: “Under that there are dildos and butt-plugs arranged by…”

Linked words

through Latin parō ‘to shield’

several, empire, emperor, repair, imperial, separate, preparation, separation, empress, apparel, apparatus, preparatory, severance, inseparable, imperium, imperious, disparate, separator, pare, rampart, reparation, imperator, separable, 15 more

Today it means

noun A device, generally constructed from fabric, that is designed to employ air resistance to control the fall of an object or person, causing them to float instead of falling.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin parō / parachute

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