Where does “despairest” come from?
despairest (English) comes from English despair, from Middle English dispeir, from Anglo-Norman despeir, from Old French desperer, from Latin dēsperō, from Esperanto -o, from Spanish -ó, from Latin Aramaicus — Aram (son of Shem).
despairest (English): second-person singular simple present form of...
Definitions
- second-person singular simple present form of...
Ancestry of “despairest”, step by step
despairest traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English despair
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | despair | To give up as beyond hope or expectation; to... |
| 2 | Middle English | dispeir | — |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | despeir | — |
| 4 | Old French | desperer | — |
| 5 | Latin | dēsperō | to have no hope of |
| 6 | Esperanto | -o | Nominal suffix. Most Esperanto nouns end in "-o";... |
| 7 | Spanish | -ó | A suffix indicating the third-person singular... |
| 8 | Latin | Aramaicus | Aramean, Aramaic |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | Ἀραμαϊκός | Aramean, Aramaic |
| 10 | Aramaic | ܐܪܡܝܐ | Aramean; gentile |
| 11 | Aramaic | ארמיא | Aramaean |
| 12 | Aramaic | ארם | Aram (son of Shem) |
via English Est
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Est | established |
| 2 | Middle English | este | grace, est, favour; pleasure, enjoyment, fun;... |
| 3 | Old English | ēst | will, consent, favour, grace, liberality,... |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *ansti | favour |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | anstiz | favour, affection |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | unnaną | to grant, bestow |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ān- | to notice; face, mouth |