Where does “parachutism” come from?
parachutism (English) comes from English parachute, from French parachute, from French para-, from Italian para-, from Italian para, from Italian paranoia, from Ancient Greek παράνοια, from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
parachutism (English): The act of jumping from an aircraft using a parachute
Definitions
- The act of jumping from an aircraft using a parachute
Ancestry of “parachutism”, step by step
parachutism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English parachute
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | parachute | A device, generally constructed from fabric, that... |
| 2 | French | parachute | parachute device designed to control the fall of an object |
| 3 | French | para- | para |
| 4 | Italian | para- | para |
| 5 | Italian | para | crepe rubber; crepe; third-person singular... |
| 6 | Italian | paranoia | paranoia |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | παράνοια | derangement, madness |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -ῐ́ᾱ | {{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |
via English ism
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ism | An ideology, system of thought, or practice that... |
| 2 | English | -ism | Used to form nouns of action or process or result... |
| 3 | Latin | -ismus | -ism |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ισμός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -μός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -mós | Creates action/result nouns from verb stems |