Where does “paracosmos” come from?
paracosmos (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.
paracosmos (English): The realm of imagination; an imaginary world
Definitions
- The realm of imagination; an imaginary world
Ancestry of “paracosmos”, step by step
paracosmos 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 cosmos
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cosmos | The universe; An ordered, harmonious whole; Any... |
| 2 | Translingual | Cosmos | genus |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | κόσμος | order; lawful order, government; mode, fashion |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | θέσις | a setting, placement, arrangement; deposit;... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | τίθημι | I put, place, set; I make, cause to be; I make |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁- | to do, put, place |