Where does “parafoveolar” come from?
parafoveolar (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.
parafoveolar (English): Through or across the foveola
Definitions
- Through or across the foveola
Ancestry of “parafoveolar”, step by step
parafoveolar 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 foveolar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | foveolar | Relating to the foveola |
| 2 | English | foveola | Alternative form of foveole; The center of the... |
| 3 | English | foveole | A small fovea or depression |
| 4 | English | olé | An expression of excitement. Hooray! |
| 5 | Danish | Ole | — |
| 6 | Danish | Olaf | of origin |
| 7 | Old Norse | Óláfr | — |
| 8 | Proto-Norse | ᚨᚾᚢᛚᚨᛁᛒᚨᛉ | — |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | anulaibaz | — |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | laibō | what is left, remainder, remnant |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | leyp- | to stick; fat or sticky substance |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | lēy- | to leave, let; to want, desire; to let; leave... |