English word parade comes from Latin paro (I prepare, arrange. I provide, furnish. I resolve, purpose.), Proto-Indo-European *pr̥-
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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paro | Latin (lat) | I prepare, arrange. I provide, furnish. I resolve, purpose. |
*pr̥- | Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro) | |
parar | Spanish (spa) | (informal second-person singular (voseo) affirmative imperative only) to wait. (pronominal, Chile) see pararlas. (reflexive) see pararse. To lift, raise. To put up, stand up. To stop, halt. |
parada | Spanish (spa) | Stop ). |
parade | French (fra) | |
parade | English (eng) | (intransitive) To march or to display.. (transitive) To display or show; to exhibit in a showy or ostentatious manner; to show off.. (transitive) To march past. (Gallicism) Posture of defense; guard.. (dated) An open space usable for military parades.. (zoology, collective) (uncommon) A term of venery denoting a herd of elephants on the move.. A line of goslings led by one parent and often [...] |