| Are you serious? Because at this point I'm having trouble telling. Did you even read what I said on the matter?
Because from what I can tell you haven't yet managed to grasp the usage of the prefix para as it's being used in this thread. Parachute and Paramilitary are both amalgamations of two different words to form a single word with a new meaning. In the case of Parachute it means, "Similar to a fall", in the case of Paramilitary it means, "Similar to the military". The word Paramedic means that they're similar to a medic (referring to a physician or a doctor) but with a lower level of training.
As for the origin of the word Paratrooper, it's simple. You take parachute, troop or trooper, and blend them. Since Parachutetrooper is too long and Chutetrooper sounds ridiculous, the word Paratroop sprung into being.
Para has been around a lot longer than the Airborne, and it's not going to be shelved just because it's been attached to that one particular word. |