Where does “parapente” come from?
parapente (Galician) comes from French parapente, from French para-, from Italian para-, from Italian para, from Italian paranoia, from Ancient Greek παράνοια, from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
parapente (Galician): paraglider lightweight, free-flying, foot-launched glider aircraft with no rigid primary structure
Definitions
- paraglider lightweight, free-flying, foot-launched glider aircraft with no rigid primary structure
Ancestry of “parapente”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | parapente | paraglider; paragliding |
| 2 | French | para- | para |
| 3 | Italian | para- | para |
| 4 | Italian | para | crepe rubber; crepe; third-person singular... |
| 5 | Italian | paranoia | paranoia |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | παράνοια | derangement, madness |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -ῐ́ᾱ | {{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |