English word scuba comes from Latin paro (I prepare, arrange. I provide, furnish. I resolve, purpose.)
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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paro | Latin (lat) | I prepare, arrange. I provide, furnish. I resolve, purpose. |
apparare | Latin (lat) | |
apparatus | Latin (lat) | A providing. Magnificence, splendor, pomp. Preparation, a getting ready. Supplies, material. Tools, implements, instruments, engines. |
apparatus | English (en) | (firefighting) A vehicle used for emergency response.. (gymnastics) Any of the equipment on which the gymnasts perform their movements.. A bureaucratic organization, especially one influenced by political patronage.. A complex machine or instrument.. An assortment of tools and instruments.. The entirety of means whereby a specific production is made existent or task accomplished. |
scuba | English (en) | (rare) To perform scuba diving. An apparatus carried by a diver, which includes a tank holding compressed, filtered air and a regulator which delivers the air to the diver at ambient pressure which can be used underwater. |