Where does “paracavernous” come from?

paracavernous (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.

paracavernous (English): On the far side of the cavernous sinus

Definitions

  1. On the far side of the cavernous sinus

Ancestry of “paracavernous”, step by step

paracavernous traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Pará

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishParáA former subunit of currency in several countries in the Ottoman/Turkish and Yugoslav regions
2PortugueseParáa state in the North Region of Brazil
3PortuguesePerapear
4Portugueseesperawait
5Portugueseesperarto wait; to hope; to expect; to anticipate
6Old Portugueseasperar
7Old Spanishesperarto wait for, await
8Latinspērōto hope, expect
9Latinspeshope; expectation, anticipation, apprehension
10Proto-Italicspēshope
11Proto-Indo-Europeanspéh₁sprosperity, success
12Proto-Indo-Europeanspeh₁-to succeed, to prosper

via English cavernous

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcavernousResembling a cavern; vast; Having many caverns;...
2Frenchcaverneuxcavernous; sonorous
3LatincavernosusFull of hollows or cavities
4Latincavernacave, cavern, grotto; vault, chamber, cleft; hold
5Italiancavernacave, cavern
6Frenchcavernecavern
7EnglishcavernA large cave; An underground chamber; To form a...
8Middle Englishcavernecavern, cave
9Middle Frenchcavernecavern
10Old Frenchcaverne
Every word from Proto-Indo-European speh₁-Every word from Proto-Indo-European spéh₁sEvery word from Proto-Italic spēs