Where does “dess” come from?
dess (English) comes from English desperate, from Latin dēspērātus, from Latin dēsperō, from Esperanto -o, from Spanish -ó, from Latin Aramaicus, from Ancient Greek Ἀραμαϊκός, from Aramaic ܐܪܡܝܐ.
dess (English): Obsolete form of dais
Ancestry of “dess”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | desperate | In dire need of something; Being filled with, or... |
| 2 | Latin | dēspērātus | — |
| 3 | Latin | dēsperō | — |
| 4 | Esperanto | -o | Nominal suffix. Most Esperanto nouns end in "-o";... |
| 5 | Spanish | -ó | A suffix indicating the third-person singular... |
| 6 | Latin | Aramaicus | — |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | Ἀραμαϊκός | — |
| 8 | Aramaic | ܐܪܡܝܐ | Aramean; gentile |
| 9 | Aramaic | ארמיא | — |
| 10 | Aramaic | ארם | — |