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A problem is that English has too many word-forming para-'s, cf. paramilitary (doesn't mean stop the military, so a peace demonstration is not paramilitary, nor are the Quakers paramilitary -- para- here is from a Greek element meaning 'beside'). Also consider apparent para- in paramount and paramour, where the etymological segmentation is par-a....<br><br>--Ken Hill<br><br><b><i>rtroike@email.arizona.edu</i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> <br> Someone a few days ago (pardon, I've forgotten who) mentioned the Spanish<br> word "paracaidas" ("parachute"), and etymologized the "para" as the<br> preposition meaning "for" ("caida" is "fall"), citing "paraguas" ("umbrella")<br> as a parallel ("for water").<br> <br> I had always folk-etymologized the "para" part the same way myself, and just<br> happened to learn from a student recently that it is actually the verb<br> "parar" ("to
stop, prevent, hinder"). Checking the online OED for "parachute",<br> I found that the "para" part here is from the same source, and the "chute" is<br> cognate with the Spanish "caida".<br> <br> Live and learn,<br> <br> Rudy Troike<br> <br> <br> <br> </blockquote><br><p> __________________________________________________<br>Do You Yahoo!?<br>Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around <br>http://mail.yahoo.com
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