Where does “Paralympiad” come from?
Paralympiad (English) comes from English Olympiad, from Middle English Olimpias, from French olympiade, from Old French olimpiade, from Latin Olympias, from Ancient Greek Ὀλυμπιάς, from Ancient Greek Ὀλυμπῐ́ᾱ, from Ancient Greek -ᾰ́ς — sound, voice.
Paralympiad (English): an occurrence of the Paralympic games
Definitions
- an occurrence of the Paralympic games
Ancestry of “Paralympiad”, step by step
Paralympiad traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Olympiad
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Olympiad | A period of four years, by which the ancient... |
| 2 | Middle English | Olimpias | — |
| 3 | French | olympiade | olympiad; Olympiad |
| 4 | Old French | olimpiade | period of four years |
| 5 | Latin | Olympias | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | Ὀλυμπιάς | olympiad |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | Ὀλυμπῐ́ᾱ | Olympia |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -ᾰ́ς | group of |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -ónts | Derives nouns denoting body parts |
| 10 | Hungarian | önt | to pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön |
| 11 | Hungarian | ön | you |
| 12 | Hungarian | ön- | self- |
| 13 | Turkish | ön | front |
| 14 | Ottoman Turkish | اوك | voice (of human or animal); sound |
| 15 | Proto-Turkic | ǖn | sound, voice |
via English paralympic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | paralympic | Pertaining to the Paralympics and their... |
| 2 | English | paraplegic | Of, related to, or suffering from paraplegia; A... |
| 3 | English | Pará | A former subunit of currency in several countries in the Ottoman/Turkish and Yugoslav regions |
| 4 | Portuguese | Pará | a state in the North Region of Brazil |
| 5 | Portuguese | Pera | pear |
| 6 | Portuguese | espera | wait |
| 7 | Portuguese | esperar | to wait; to hope; to expect; to anticipate |
| 8 | Old Portuguese | asperar | — |
| 9 | Old Spanish | esperar | to wait for, await |
| 10 | Latin | spērō | to hope, expect |
| 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 |