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Where does “парирати” come from?

парирати (Serbo-Croatian) comes from German parieren, 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...

парирати (Serbo-Croatian): parry, fend off, sidestep; to parry; to match, to...

Definitions

  1. parry, fend off, sidestep; to parry; to match, to...

Ancestry of “парирати”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanparieren—
2Frenchparerto adorn; to bedeck; to fend off; to parry
3Latinparāre—
4Latinparō—
5Latinpectuschest, breast; heart, breast, as the seat of...
6Proto-Italicpektos—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpeg-breast
8Englishpolyethylene glycolAny of a series of water-soluble polymers, of...
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