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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Ancestry of “paraganglioma”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | paraganglion | A chromaffin body; a small group of chromaphil... |
| 2 | English | Pará | — |
| 3 | Portuguese | Pará | a state in the North Region of Brazil |
| 4 | Portuguese | Pera | — |
| 5 | Portuguese | espera | wait |
| 6 | Portuguese | esperar | to wait; to hope; to expect; to anticipate |
| 7 | Old Portuguese | asperar | — |
| 8 | Old Spanish | esperar | — |
| 9 | Latin | spērō | — |
| 10 | Latin | spes | hope; expectation, anticipation, apprehension |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | spēs | hope |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | spéh₁s | prosperity, success |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | speh₁- | to succeed, to prosper |