Where does “parabrisas” come from?
parabrisas (Spanish) comes from Spanish brisa, from Old Spanish briza, from French brise, from French briser, from Middle French briser, from Old French brisier, from Frankish bristan, from Proto-Germanic brestaną — to burst; break; crack; crackle.
parabrisas (Spanish): windscreen, windshield
Definitions
- windscreen, windshield
Ancestry of “parabrisas”, step by step
parabrisas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish brisa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | brisa | breeze |
| 2 | Old Spanish | briza | — |
| 3 | French | brise | breeze; first-person singular present indicative... |
| 4 | French | briser | To break; snap; To become broken; snap |
| 5 | Middle French | briser | — |
| 6 | Old French | brisier | to break (cause damage to), bust |
| 7 | Frankish | bristan | to break to pieces, split, shatter; to break,... |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | brestaną | to burst, break, sunder, split, crack |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰres‑ | to burst; break; crack; crackle |
via Spanish parar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | parar | to stop, halt; to put up, stand up; to lift,... |
| 2 | Latin | parāre | — |
| 3 | Latin | parō | to arrange, order, contrive, design |
| 4 | Latin | pectus | chest, breast; heart, breast, as the seat of... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | pektos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | peg- | breast |
| 7 | English | polyethylene glycol | Any of a series of water-soluble polymers, of... |