Where does “desperadoism” come from?
desperadoism (English) comes from English desperado, from Spanish desperado, from Spanish desperar, from Spanish desesperar, from Spanish esperar, from Old Spanish esperar, from Latin spērō, from Latin spes — to succeed, to prosper.
desperadoism (English): The attitudes or behaviour of desperadoes
Definitions
- The attitudes or behaviour of desperadoes
Ancestry of “desperadoism”, step by step
desperadoism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English desperado
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | desperado | A bold outlaw, especially one from southern... |
| 2 | Spanish | desperado | Obsolete form of desesperado |
| 3 | Spanish | desperar | Obsolete form of desesperar |
| 4 | Spanish | desesperar | to despair, exasperate; to despair |
| 5 | Spanish | esperar | to hope for, hope to; to expect, look for; to... |
| 6 | Old Spanish | esperar | to wait for, await |
| 7 | Latin | spērō | to hope, expect |
| 8 | Latin | spes | hope; expectation, anticipation, apprehension |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | spēs | hope |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | spéh₁s | prosperity, success |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | speh₁- | to succeed, to prosper |
via English ism
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ism | An ideology, system of thought, or practice that... |
| 2 | English | -ism | Used to form nouns of action or process or result... |
| 3 | Latin | -ismus | -ism |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ισμός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -μός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -mós | Creates action/result nouns from verb stems |