Chute - fall, from the Old French 'cheoite'.
Para - prefix, related to but not the same. (As in paralegal, paranoia)
Therefore - like falling but not quite.
Andrew Fildes
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On 18/02/2009, at 1:38 PM, Wayne Harridge wrote:
> So what is the derivation of para-chute ?
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