Etymology Explorer › Italian

Where does “parapendio” come from?

parapendio (Italian) comes from Italian paracadute, from Italian caduta, from Romanian -uță, from Romanian -uț, from Latin -utus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

parapendio (Italian): paraglider; paragliding

Definitions

  1. paraglider; paragliding

Ancestry of “parapendio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianparacaduteparachute
2Italiancadutafall; drop; feminine singular of caduto
3Romanian-uțăfemale equivalent of -uț
4Romanian-uțForms masculine diminutives of nouns and...
5Latin-utus—
6Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
7Proto-Italic-tus—
8Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →