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 — Aram (son of Shem).
Ancestry of “despeir”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | desperer | — |
| 2 | Latin | dēsperō | to have no hope of |
| 3 | Esperanto | -o | Nominal suffix. Most Esperanto nouns end in "-o";... |
| 4 | Spanish | -ó | A suffix indicating the third-person singular... |
| 5 | Latin | Aramaicus | Aramean, Aramaic |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | Ἀραμαϊκός | Aramean, Aramaic |
| 7 | Aramaic | ܐܪܡܝܐ | Aramean; gentile |
| 8 | Aramaic | ארמיא | Aramaean |
| 9 | Aramaic | ארם | Aram (son of Shem) |