Where does “parallel giant slalom” come from?
parallel giant slalom (English) comes from English parallel, from Middle French parallèle, from Latin parallēlus, from Ancient Greek παράλληλος, from Ancient Greek ἀλλήλων, from Ancient Greek ἄλλος, from Ancient Greek κρίνω, from Proto-Hellenic kríňňō — to sift, separate, divide.
parallel giant slalom (English): A discipline of alpine snowboarding, a variant of giant slalom. A sport where two snowboarders compete head to head on parallel identical giant slalom courses
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- A discipline of alpine snowboarding, a variant of giant slalom. A sport where two snowboarders compete head to head on parallel identical giant slalom courses
Ancestry of “parallel giant slalom”, step by step
parallel giant slalom traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English parallel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | parallel | Equally distant from one another at all points;... |
| 2 | Middle French | parallèle | — |
| 3 | Latin | parallēlus | parallel |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | παράλληλος | beside one another, side-by-side; parallel to or... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἀλλήλων | referring back to a plural subject, and... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἄλλος | other, another, different, else; in combination... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | κρίνω | To separate, divide, part, distinguish between... |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | kríňňō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | krinyéti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | krey- | to sift, separate, divide |
via English giant slalom
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | giant slalom | An Alpine skiing discipline in which the course is longer, steeper and faster than normal slalom, and the gates are spaced at a greater distance |
| 2 | English | giant | A mythical human of very great size;... |
| 3 | Middle English | geaunt | A giant; A immoral or despicable person |
| 4 | Old French | gaiant | a giant |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | *gagantem | — |
| 6 | Latin | gigantem | accusative singular of gigāns |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | Γίγας | one of the Gigantes; a Gigas |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | Γίγᾱς | — |