{"era":"current","word":"parachute","meaning":"a device that slows a person's or object's fall through the air","children":[{"era":"1780s","word":"French parachute","meaning":"a device for checking a fall","children":[{"era":"1780s","word":"para-","meaning":"against; to protect against","children":[],"language":"French"},{"era":"1780s","word":"chute","meaning":"fall","children":[],"language":"French"}],"language":"French"}],"language":"Modern English"}