Where does “paralympiër” come from?
paralympiër (Dutch) comes from English Paralympian, from English paralympic, from English paraplegic, from English Pará, from Portuguese Pará, from Portuguese Pera, from Portuguese espera, from Portuguese esperar — to succeed, to prosper.
paralympiër (Dutch): Paralympian
Definitions
- Paralympian
Ancestry of “paralympiër”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Paralympian | One who participates in the Paralympics; Of or... |
| 2 | English | paralympic | Pertaining to the Paralympics and their... |
| 3 | English | paraplegic | Of, related to, or suffering from paraplegia; A... |
| 4 | English | Pará | A former subunit of currency in several countries in the Ottoman/Turkish and Yugoslav regions |
| 5 | Portuguese | Pará | a state in the North Region of Brazil |
| 6 | Portuguese | Pera | pear |
| 7 | Portuguese | espera | wait |
| 8 | Portuguese | esperar | to wait; to hope; to expect; to anticipate |
| 9 | Old Portuguese | asperar | — |
| 10 | Old Spanish | esperar | to wait for, await |
| 11 | Latin | spērō | to hope, expect |
| 12 | Latin | spes | hope; expectation, anticipation, apprehension |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | spēs | hope |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | spéh₁s | prosperity, success |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | speh₁- | to succeed, to prosper |