Where does “parașutare” come from?
parașutare (Romanian) comes from Romanian parașuta, from French parachuter, from French parachute, from French para-, from Italian para-, from Italian para, from Italian paranoia, from Ancient Greek παράνοια — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
parașutare (Romanian): skydive
Definitions
- skydive
Ancestry of “parașutare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | parașuta | to parachute |
| 2 | French | parachuter | to parachute |
| 3 | French | parachute | parachute device designed to control the fall of an object |
| 4 | French | para- | para |
| 5 | Italian | para- | para |
| 6 | Italian | para | crepe rubber; crepe; third-person singular... |
| 7 | Italian | paranoia | paranoia |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | παράνοια | derangement, madness |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | -ῐ́ᾱ | {{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |