The story
- French · borrowed fromparachute
- English todayparachute
Borrowed from French parachute, from para- (“protection against”) (as in parasol) and chute (“fall”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
parachute
Today it means: A device, generally constructed from fabric, that is designed to employ air resistance to control the fall of an object or person, causing them to float instead of falling. Full definition →
French parachute