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