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Where does “despeir” come from?

despeir (Anglo-Norman) comes from Old French desperer, from Latin dēsperō, from Esperanto -o, from Spanish -ó, from Latin Aramaicus, from Ancient Greek Ἀραμαϊκός, from Aramaic ܐܪܡܝܐ, from Aramaic ארמיא.

Ancestry of “despeir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchdesperer—
2Latindēsperō—
3Esperanto-oNominal suffix. Most Esperanto nouns end in "-o";...
4Spanish-óA suffix indicating the third-person singular...
5LatinAramaicus—
6Ancient GreekἈραμαϊκός—
7AramaicܐܪܡܝܐAramean; gentile
8Aramaicארמיא—
9Aramaicארם—

Words derived from “despeir”

  • despair
  • despairing
  • despairingly
  • despairful
  • despairer
  • undespairing
  • despaireth
  • despairest
  • undespairingly
  • despairingness
  • dispeir
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