Where does “Paralympian” come from?
Paralympian (English) 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.
Paralympian (English): One who participates in the Paralympics; Of or...
Definitions
- One who participates in the Paralympics; Of or...
Ancestry of “Paralympian”, step by step
| 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 |