Where does “Paracelsianism” come from?
Paracelsianism (English) comes from English paracelsian, 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.
Ancestry of “Paracelsianism”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | paracelsian | A natural polymorph of celsian |
| 2 | English | Pará | — |
| 3 | Portuguese | Pará | a state in the North Region of Brazil |
| 4 | Portuguese | Pera | — |
| 5 | Portuguese | espera | wait |
| 6 | Portuguese | esperar | to wait; to hope; to expect; to anticipate |
| 7 | Old Portuguese | asperar | — |
| 8 | Old Spanish | esperar | — |
| 9 | Latin | spērō | — |
| 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 |