Where does “pára” come from?
pára (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese para, from Portuguese pera, from Old Portuguese pera, from Latin per, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle — that.
pára (Portuguese): Obsolete spelling of para
Definitions
- Obsolete spelling of para
Ancestry of “pára”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | para | for; to; to; so; in order to |
| 2 | Portuguese | pera | pear; just a minute; wait |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | pera | for, towards; pear |
| 4 | Latin | per | through, by means of; throughout, during |
| 5 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 6 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 7 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 8 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |