Where does “পেয়ারা” come from?
পেয়ারা (Bengali) comes from Hindi पियारा, from Portuguese Pera, from Portuguese espera, from Portuguese esperar, from Old Portuguese asperar, from Old Spanish esperar, from Latin spērō, from Latin spes — to succeed, to prosper.
পেয়ারা (Bengali): guava
Ancestry of “পেয়ারা”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hindi | पियारा | — |
| 2 | Portuguese | Pera | — |
| 3 | Portuguese | espera | wait |
| 4 | Portuguese | esperar | to wait; to hope; to expect; to anticipate |
| 5 | Old Portuguese | asperar | — |
| 6 | Old Spanish | esperar | — |
| 7 | Latin | spērō | — |
| 8 | Latin | spes | hope; expectation, anticipation, apprehension |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | spēs | hope |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | spéh₁s | prosperity, success |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | speh₁- | to succeed, to prosper |