Where does “parking” come from?
parking (Dutch) comes from French parking, from English parking, from English park, from Korean 박, from Chinese 泊, from English poise, from Middle English poys, from Middle French pois — to stretch.
parking (Dutch): car park, parking lot
Ancestry of “parking”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | parking | car park |
| 2 | English | parking | present participle of park; The action of the... |
| 3 | English | park | An area of land set aside for environment... |
| 4 | Korean | 박 | gourd; calabash; gourd shell; head |
| 5 | Chinese | 泊 | — |
| 6 | English | poise | A state of balance, equilibrium or stability;... |
| 7 | Middle English | poys | — |
| 8 | Middle French | pois | weight |
| 9 | Latin | pēnsum | — |
| 10 | Latin | pendō | — |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | pendō | hang, put in a hanging position |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)péndeti | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pend- | to stretch |