Where does “parar” come from?

parar (Catalan) comes from Old Catalan parar, from Latin parāre, from Latin parō, from Latin pectus, from Proto-Italic pektos, from Proto-Indo-European peg-, from English polyethylene glycol — Any of a series of water-soluble polymers, of...

parar (Catalan): to stop; to stay, reside temporarily; to end up

Definitions

  1. to stop; to stay, reside temporarily; to end up

Ancestry of “parar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Catalanparar—
2Latinparāre—
3Latinparōto arrange, order, contrive, design
4Latinpectuschest, breast; heart, breast, as the seat of...
5Proto-Italicpektos—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpeg-breast
7Englishpolyethylene glycolAny of a series of water-soluble polymers, of...

Words derived from “parar”

Every word from English polyethylene glycol →Every word from Proto-Indo-European peg- →Every word from Proto-Italic pektos →