parasol English · revision 1658

+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈpæɹəˌsɒl/ ''(UK)''; /ˈpɛɹəˌsɑl/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|fr|parasol]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) [[der|it|parasole|t=protection from the sun]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) from ''parare'' “to shield, ward off”^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate) and ''sole'' “sun”,^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate) [[der|la|sol|t=sun]].^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate) It is related to [[parapet]] and [[solar]].^(MW Collegiate)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Anything serving as a defence from the sun's rays (1616).^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The OED dates the sense of a portable sunshade to 1660,^(OED 1989)^(MW Collegiate) noting that it was used by people of high rank in the East and by fashionable women in Europe.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) The word was applied in 1914 to an aircraft with its wings raised above the fuselage.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1616 – a defence from the sun (Barnhart, OED).^(Barnhart 1995)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1660 – a portable sunshade (OED, Merriam-Webster).^(OED 1989)^(MW Collegiate)

+ * 1914 – a parasol-winged aircraft.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A light, usually small [[umbrella]] carried as a shade from the sun; a [[sunshade]].^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[parasoled]]

+ * [[parasol mushroom]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[parapet]]

+ * [[parachute]]

+ * [[solar]]

+ * [[umbrella]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}