Where does “parafilosoof” come from?
parafilosoof (Dutch) comes from Dutch para, from English Pará, from Portuguese Pará, from Portuguese Pera, from Portuguese espera, from Portuguese esperar, from Old Portuguese asperar, from Old Spanish esperar — to succeed, to prosper.
parafilosoof (Dutch): Someone who philosophises without training in...
Definitions
- Someone who philosophises without training in...
Ancestry of “parafilosoof”, step by step
parafilosoof traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch para
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | para | para (paratrooper) |
| 2 | English | Pará | A former subunit of currency in several countries in the Ottoman/Turkish and Yugoslav regions |
| 3 | Portuguese | Pará | a state in the North Region of Brazil |
| 4 | Portuguese | Pera | pear |
| 5 | Portuguese | espera | wait |
| 6 | Portuguese | esperar | to wait; to hope; to expect; to anticipate |
| 7 | Old Portuguese | asperar | — |
| 8 | Old Spanish | esperar | to wait for, await |
| 9 | Latin | spērō | to hope, expect |
| 10 | Latin | spes | hope; expectation, anticipation, apprehension |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | spēs | hope |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | spéh₁s | prosperity, success |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | speh₁- | to succeed, to prosper |
via Dutch filosoof
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | filosoof | philosopher |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | filosofe | — |
| 3 | Old French | philosophe | — |
| 4 | Latin | philosophus | philosophical; philosopher |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | φιλόσοφος | lover of knowledge/wisdom; educated, learned... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | σοφός | clever, skillful, cunning, able; intelligent,... |