Where does “limpiaparabrisas” come from?
limpiaparabrisas (Spanish) comes from Spanish parabrisas, from Spanish brisa, from Old Spanish briza, from French brise, from French briser, from Middle French briser, from Old French brisier, from Frankish bristan — to burst; break; crack; crackle.
limpiaparabrisas (Spanish): windshield wiper; windscreen wiper
Definitions
- windshield wiper; windscreen wiper
Ancestry of “limpiaparabrisas”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Spanish | parabrisas | windscreen, windshield |
| 2 | Spanish | brisa | breeze |
| 3 | Old Spanish | briza | — |
| 4 | French | brise | breeze; first-person singular present indicative... |
| 5 | French | briser | To break; snap; To become broken; snap |
| 6 | Middle French | briser | — |
| 7 | Old French | brisier | to break , bust; to break to pieces by a shock or... |
| 8 | Frankish | bristan | to break to pieces, split, shatter; to break,... |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | brestaną | to burst, break, sunder, split, crack |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰres‑ | to burst; break; crack; crackle |