Where does “pare-brise” come from?
pare-brise (French) comes from French parer, from Latin parāre, from Latin parō, from Latin pectus, from Proto-Italic pektos, from Proto-Indo-European peg-, from English polyethylene glycol — Any of a series of water-soluble polymers, of...
pare-brise (French): windscreen (UK), windshield (US)
Definitions
- windscreen (UK), windshield (US)
Ancestry of “pare-brise”, step by step
pare-brise traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French parer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | parer | to adorn; to bedeck; to fend off; to parry |
| 2 | Latin | parāre | — |
| 3 | Latin | parō | to arrange, order, contrive, design |
| 4 | Latin | pectus | chest, breast; heart, breast, as the seat of... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | pektos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | peg- | breast |
| 7 | English | polyethylene glycol | Any of a series of water-soluble polymers, of... |
via French brise
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | brise | breeze; first-person singular present indicative... |
| 2 | French | briser | To break; snap; To become broken; snap |
| 3 | Middle French | briser | — |
| 4 | Old French | brisier | to break (cause damage to), bust |
| 5 | Frankish | bristan | to break to pieces, split, shatter; to break,... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | brestaną | to burst, break, sunder, split, crack |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰres‑ | to burst; break; crack; crackle |