Where does “para” come from?
para (English) comes from Portuguese Pará, from Portuguese Pera, from Portuguese espera, from Portuguese esperar, from Old Portuguese asperar, from Old Spanish esperar, from Latin spērō, from Latin spes — to succeed, to prosper.
para (English): A former subunit of currency in several countries in the Ottoman/Turkish and Yugoslav regions
Definitions
- A former subunit of currency in several countries in the Ottoman/Turkish and Yugoslav regions
Ancestry of “para”, step by step
para traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese Pará
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | Pará | a state in the North Region of Brazil |
| 2 | Portuguese | Pera | pear |
| 3 | Portuguese | espera | wait |
| 4 | Portuguese | esperar | to wait; to hope; to expect; to anticipate |
| 5 | Old Portuguese | asperar | — |
| 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 paralytic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | paralytic | Someone suffering from paralysis; A drug that... |
| 2 | French | paralytique | paralytic |
| 3 | Latin | paralyticus | paralyzed, paralytic |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | παραλυτικός | paralyzed |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | παραλύω | to weaken, to cause sickness or illness |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πᾰρᾰ- | near; next to; by, near |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | παρά | |
| 8 | Latin | verēdus | A fast or light breed of horse; courier's horse; hunter |
| 9 | Gaulish | werēdos | horse |
| 10 | Proto-Celtic | *uɸoreidos | horse |
via Serbo-Croatian pàra//па̀ра
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | pàra//па̀ра | — |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | پاره | piece, part, morsel; cannon shot; coin, money |
| 3 | Persian | پاره | piece, part, portion; coin, money; torn, torn... |
| 4 | Middle Persian | pʾlk' | piece, part, portion |