Where does “oligoparaphenylene” come from?
oligoparaphenylene (English) comes from English paraphenylene, 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.
oligoparaphenylene (English): An oligomer composed of para-phenylene moieties
Definitions
- An oligomer composed of para-phenylene moieties
Ancestry of “oligoparaphenylene”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | paraphenylene | The para isomer of phenylene |
| 2 | English | Pará | — |
| 3 | Portuguese | Pará | a state in the North Region of Brazil |
| 4 | Portuguese | Pera | — |
| 5 | Portuguese | espera | wait |
| 6 | Portuguese | esperar | to wait; to hope; to expect; to anticipate |
| 7 | Old Portuguese | asperar | — |
| 8 | Old Spanish | esperar | — |
| 9 | Latin | spērō | — |
| 10 | Latin | spes | hope; expectation, anticipation, apprehension |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | spēs | hope |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | spéh₁s | prosperity, success |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | speh₁- | to succeed, to prosper |