Where does “despairing” come from?
Despairing derives from the English present participle suffix -ing, from Middle English -ing, from Old English -ing, from Old English -ung, from Proto-Germanic -ungō, a formative element creating nouns and gerunds from verb stems.
despairing (English): Feeling, expressing, or caused by despair;...
Definitions
- Feeling, expressing, or caused by despair;...
Ancestry of “despairing”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | despeyringe | despair |
| 2 | Anglo-Norman | despeir | — |
| 3 | Old French | desperer | — |
| 4 | Latin | dēsperō | to have no hope of |
| 5 | Esperanto | -o | Nominal suffix. Most Esperanto nouns end in "-o";... |
| 6 | Spanish | -ó | A suffix indicating the third-person singular... |
| 7 | Latin | Aramaicus | Aramean, Aramaic |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | Ἀραμαϊκός | Aramean, Aramaic |
| 9 | Aramaic | ܐܪܡܝܐ | Aramean; gentile |
| 10 | Aramaic | ארמיא | Aramaean |
| 11 | Aramaic | ארם | Aram (son of Shem) |