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Where does “paraganglioma” come from?

paraganglioma (English) comes from English paraganglion, from English Pará, from Portuguese Pará, from Portuguese Pera, from Portuguese espera, from Portuguese esperar, from Old Portuguese asperar, from Old Spanish esperar — to succeed, to prosper.

paraganglioma (English): A rare and typically benign neoplasm that can be...

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  1. A rare and typically benign neoplasm that can be...

Ancestry of “paraganglioma”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishparaganglionA chromaffin body; a small group of chromaphil...
2EnglishPará—
3PortugueseParáa state in the North Region of Brazil
4PortuguesePera—
5Portugueseesperawait
6Portugueseesperarto wait; to hope; to expect; to anticipate
7Old Portugueseasperar—
8Old Spanishesperar—
9Latinspērō—
10Latinspeshope; expectation, anticipation, apprehension
11Proto-Italicspēshope
12Proto-Indo-Europeanspéh₁sprosperity, success
13Proto-Indo-Europeanspeh₁-to succeed, to prosper
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