Where does “parking” come from?
parking (Mauritian Creole) comes from English parking, from English park, from Korean 박, from Chinese 泊, from English poise, from Middle English poys, from Middle French pois, from Latin pēnsum — to stretch.
parking (Mauritian Creole): area where cars or other vehicles are parked; car...
Definitions
- area where cars or other vehicles are parked; car...
Ancestry of “parking”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | parking | present participle of park; The action of the... |
| 2 | English | park | An area of land set aside for environment... |
| 3 | Korean | 박 | gourd; calabash; gourd shell; head |
| 4 | Chinese | 泊 | — |
| 5 | English | poise | A state of balance, equilibrium or stability;... |
| 6 | Middle English | poys | — |
| 7 | Middle French | pois | weight |
| 8 | Latin | pēnsum | — |
| 9 | Latin | pendō | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | pendō | hang, put in a hanging position |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)péndeti | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pend- | to stretch |