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Where does “paragüita” come from?

paragüita (Spanish) comes from Spanish paraguas, from Spanish parar, 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...

paragüita (Spanish): Diminutive of paraguas; a small umbrella or...

Definitions

  1. Diminutive of paraguas; a small umbrella or...

Ancestry of “paragüita”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishparaguasumbrella, brolly
2Spanishpararto stop, halt; to put up, stand up; to lift,...
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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