Where does “despairingness” come from?
despairingness (English) comes from English despairing, from Middle English despeyringe, from Anglo-Norman despeir, from Old French desperer, from Latin dēsperō, from Esperanto -o, from Spanish -ó, from Latin Aramaicus — Aram (son of Shem).
despairingness (English): The state or quality of being despairing
Definitions
- The state or quality of being despairing
Ancestry of “despairingness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | despairing | Feeling, expressing, or caused by despair;... |
| 2 | Middle English | despeyringe | despair |
| 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) |