Where does “Hitparade” come from?
Hitparade (German) comes from German Parade, from French parade, from Middle French parade, from Spanish parada, from Spanish parar, from Latin parāre, from Latin parō, from Latin pectus — Any of a series of water-soluble polymers, of...
Hitparade (German): radio broadcast of many popular songs played back to back
Definitions
- radio broadcast of many popular songs played back to back
Ancestry of “Hitparade”, step by step
Hitparade traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Parade
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Parade | parade; parade, march |
| 2 | French | parade | first/third-person singular present indicative of... |
| 3 | Middle French | parade | — |
| 4 | Spanish | parada | feminine singular of parado; stop; station |
| 5 | Spanish | parar | to stop, halt; to put up, stand up; to lift,... |
| 6 | Latin | parāre | — |
| 7 | Latin | parō | to arrange, order, contrive, design |
| 8 | Latin | pectus | chest, breast; heart, breast, as the seat of... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | pektos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | peg- | breast |
| 11 | English | polyethylene glycol | Any of a series of water-soluble polymers, of... |
via German Hit
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Hit | hit (A success, especially in the entertainment industry.) |
| 2 | English | hit | "To strike."; To manage to touch in the right... |
| 3 | Middle English | hit | Third-person singular neuter pronoun: it;... |
| 4 | Old English | hit | it |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hit | nominative/accusative singular neuter of *hiz |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe- | demonstrative particle; here; this, here |