Where does “parar” come from?
parar (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese parar, 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...
parar (Galician): to stop; to stay; to situate, position
Definitions
- to stop; to stay; to situate, position
Ancestry of “parar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Portuguese | parar | — |
| 2 | Latin | parō | — |
| 3 | Latin | pectus | chest, breast; heart, breast, as the seat of... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | pektos | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | peg- | breast |
| 6 | English | polyethylene glycol | Any of a series of water-soluble polymers, of... |
Words derived from “parar”