Where does “para-brisas” come from?
para-brisas (Portuguese) comes from French pare-brise, from French parer, from Latin parāre, 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...
para-brisas (Portuguese): windshield, windscreen
Definitions
- windshield, windscreen
Ancestry of “para-brisas”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | pare-brise | windscreen (UK), windshield (US) |
| 2 | French | parer | to adorn; to bedeck; to fend off; to parry |
| 3 | Latin | parāre | — |
| 4 | Latin | parō | to arrange, order, contrive, design |
| 5 | Latin | pectus | chest, breast; heart, breast, as the seat of... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | pektos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | peg- | breast |
| 8 | English | polyethylene glycol | Any of a series of water-soluble polymers, of... |