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

  1. to stop; to stay; to situate, position

Ancestry of “parar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portugueseparar—
2Latinparōto arrange, order, contrive, design
3Latinpectuschest, breast; heart, breast, as the seat of...
4Proto-Italicpektos—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpeg-breast
6Englishpolyethylene glycolAny of a series of water-soluble polymers, of...

Words derived from “parar”

Every word from English polyethylene glycol →Every word from Proto-Indo-European peg- →Every word from Proto-Italic pektos →
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