Where does “parade” come from?
Parade comes from French parade, derived from French parader, which comes from Latin parare meaning to prepare or make ready.
parade (English): An organized procession consisting of a series of...
Definitions
- An organized procession consisting of a series of...
Ancestry of “parade”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | parade | first/third-person singular present indicative of... |
| 2 | Middle French | parade | — |
| 3 | Spanish | parada | feminine singular of parado; stop; station |
| 4 | Spanish | parar | to stop, halt; to put up, stand up; to lift,... |
| 5 | Latin | parāre | — |
| 6 | Latin | parō | to arrange, order, contrive, design |
| 7 | Latin | pectus | chest, breast; heart, breast, as the seat of... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | pektos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | peg- | breast |
| 10 | English | polyethylene glycol | Any of a series of water-soluble polymers, of... |