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Where does “juxtaparanode” come from?

juxtaparanode (English) comes from English paranode, from English Pará, from Portuguese Pará, from Portuguese Pera, from Portuguese espera, from Portuguese esperar, from Old Portuguese asperar, from Old Spanish esperar — to succeed, to prosper.

juxtaparanode (English): The part of an axon between a paranode and an...

Definitions

  1. The part of an axon between a paranode and an...

Ancestry of “juxtaparanode”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishparanodeThe edge of the node of Ranvier of a myelinated...
2EnglishPará—
3PortugueseParáa state in the North Region of Brazil
4PortuguesePera—
5Portugueseesperawait
6Portugueseesperarto wait; to hope; to expect; to anticipate
7Old Portugueseasperar—
8Old Spanishesperar—
9Latinspērō—
10Latinspeshope; expectation, anticipation, apprehension
11Proto-Italicspēshope
12Proto-Indo-Europeanspéh₁sprosperity, success
13Proto-Indo-Europeanspeh₁-to succeed, to prosper
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