Where does “para-athletics” come from?
para-athletics (English) comes from English Pará, from Portuguese Pará, from Portuguese Pera, from Portuguese espera, from Portuguese esperar, from Old Portuguese asperar, from Old Spanish esperar, from Latin spērō — to succeed, to prosper.
para-athletics (English): The disability-adapted form of athletics
Definitions
- The disability-adapted form of athletics
Ancestry of “para-athletics”, step by step
para-athletics traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Pará
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Pará | A former subunit of currency in several countries in the Ottoman/Turkish and Yugoslav regions |
| 2 | Portuguese | Pará | a state in the North Region of Brazil |
| 3 | Portuguese | Pera | pear |
| 4 | Portuguese | espera | wait |
| 5 | Portuguese | esperar | to wait; to hope; to expect; to anticipate |
| 6 | Old Portuguese | asperar | — |
| 7 | Old Spanish | esperar | to wait for, await |
| 8 | Latin | spērō | to hope, expect |
| 9 | Latin | spes | hope; expectation, anticipation, apprehension |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | spēs | hope |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | spéh₁s | prosperity, success |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | speh₁- | to succeed, to prosper |
via English athletics
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | athletics | A group of sporting activities including track... |
| 2 | English | athletic | Having to do with athletes; Physically active;... |
| 3 | French | athlétique | athletic |
| 4 | Middle French | athletique | athletic |
| 5 | Latin | āthlēticus | athletic |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἀθλητικός | of or for an athlete, athletic |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ἀθλητής | a combatant, champion, especially a prizefighter;... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ἀθλέω | to contend for a prize, combat, wrestle; to be an... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | -έω | Used to form verbs from nouns, adjectives and... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |