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Where does “antiparade” come from?

antiparade (English) comes from English parade, from French parade, from Middle French parade, from Spanish parada, from Spanish parar, from Latin parāre, from Latin parō, from Latin pectus — Any of a series of water-soluble polymers, of...

antiparade (English): Opposing or forbidding parades

Definitions

  1. Opposing or forbidding parades

Ancestry of “antiparade”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishparadeAn organized procession consisting of a series of...
2Frenchparadefirst/third-person singular present indicative of...
3Middle Frenchparade—
4Spanishparadafeminine singular of parado; stop; station
5Spanishpararto stop, halt; to put up, stand up; to lift,...
6Latinparāre—
7Latinparō—
8Latinpectuschest, breast; heart, breast, as the seat of...
9Proto-Italicpektos—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpeg-breast
11Englishpolyethylene glycolAny of a series of water-soluble polymers, of...
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