Where does “parafencer” come from?
parafencer (English) comes from English fencer, from English fence, from Middle English fence, from Middle English defence, from Old French defens, from Late Latin defensa, from Latin defensus, from Latin dēfendō — afterwards, post; by, at.
parafencer (English): One who takes part in parafencing
Definitions
- One who takes part in parafencing
Ancestry of “parafencer”, step by step
parafencer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English fencer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fencer | A participant in the sport of fencing; A person... |
| 2 | English | fence | A thin artificial barrier that separates two... |
| 3 | Middle English | fence | — |
| 4 | Middle English | defence | — |
| 5 | Old French | defens | — |
| 6 | Late Latin | defensa | protection; bounded, defended; defence |
| 7 | Latin | defensus | driven away, having been driven away; defended,... |
| 8 | Latin | dēfendō | to drive away |
| 9 | Latin | dē- | of; from |
| 10 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 11 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 12 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |
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 |