## Meanings
1. A large piece of fabric attached to a person or object so they fall slowly through the air.
2. To jump from an aircraft and come down using a parachute.

## Examples
- The pilot opened his parachute and floated safely to the ground.
- The soldiers parachuted into the field at dawn.

## Derived Forms
- antiparachute
- bumbershoot
- chute
- parachutable
- parachuteless
- parachutelike
- parachutic
- parachuting
- parachutism
- parachutist
- paradun
- statichute

## Related Forms
- parapente
- parasail
- paratrooper
- skydiving

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: parachute
- Root: *ḱh₂d-

## Etymology
Borrowed from French parachute, from para- (“protection against”) (as in parasol) and chute (“fall”).

## AI Etymology
Parachute was borrowed from French parachute, from para- (“protection against”) (as in parasol) and chute (“fall”). The historical chain includes French parachute and Proto-Indo-European *ḱh₂d-. Modern senses include a large piece of fabric attached to a person or object so they fall slowly through the air and to jump from an aircraft and come down using a parachute. The wider word family includes derivatives such as antiparachute, bumbershoot, chute, parachutable, parachuteless, and parachutelike and related forms such as parapente, parasail, paratrooper, and skydiving.

## Topics
- Verbs of Movement

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