Where does “desperado” come from?
desperado (Danish) comes from Spanish desperado, from Spanish desperar, from Spanish desesperar, from Spanish esperar, from Old Spanish esperar, from Latin spērō, from Latin spes, from Proto-Italic spēs — to succeed, to prosper.
desperado (Danish): desperado (outlaw)
Definitions
- desperado (outlaw)
Ancestry of “desperado”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | desperado | Obsolete form of desesperado |
| 2 | Spanish | desperar | Obsolete form of desesperar |
| 3 | Spanish | desesperar | to despair, exasperate; to despair |
| 4 | Spanish | esperar | to hope for, hope to; to expect, look for; to... |
| 5 | Old Spanish | esperar | to wait for, await |
| 6 | Latin | spērō | to hope, expect |
| 7 | Latin | spes | hope; expectation, anticipation, apprehension |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | spēs | hope |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | spéh₁s | prosperity, success |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | speh₁- | to succeed, to prosper |