Etymograph

English

parade

Parade comes from French parade ‘an ostentatious display, a military display’, from parer ‘to beautify, prepare, take pride in’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *per- ‘produce, procure, bring forward, bring forth’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*per-‘produce, procure, bring forward, bring forth’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEparāre
  3. Frenchc. 1600–presentparer‘to beautify, prepare, take pride in’
  4. French, derivedc. 1600–presentparade‘an ostentatious display, a military display’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1637same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*per-‘produce, procure, bring forward, bring forth’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEparāre
  3. Frenchc. 1600–presentparer‘to beautify, prepare, take pride in’
  4. French, derivedc. 1600–presentparade‘an ostentatious display, a military display’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1637same form

Earliest quotation: 1637, Robert Monro, Monro His Expedition with the Worthy Scots Regiment: “... the other three Companies were ordained by foure…”

The story

Various senses similarly influenced by earlier French and Italian uses.

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *per- ‘produce, procure, bring forward, bring forth’

first, before, support, per, report, further, price, private, press, far, opportunity, pre, practice, prior, prime, appreciate, port, primary, fear, prize, afford, pregnant, ford, forth, precious, practical, interpretation, privilege, praise, ferry, porch, primitive, prix, pirate, fare, interpreter, par, privy, prism, proton, 158 more

through Latin parāre

prepare, sever, parry, parable, 1 more

Another origin of parade

  1. Italianc. 1300–presentparata
  2. Frenchc. 1600–presentparer‘to parry, to defend oneself’
  3. French, derivedc. 1600–presentparade‘a parry’
  4. Englishtodaysame form

Today it means

noun Synonym of military parade: A show of troops, an assembly of troops as a show of force, to receive orders, or especially for inspection at set times.

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Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *per- / parade

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