Where does “parainfluenzavirus” come from?
parainfluenzavirus (English) comes from English parainfluenza, 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.
parainfluenzavirus (English): Any of a group of paramyxoviruses that cause...
Definitions
- Any of a group of paramyxoviruses that cause...
Ancestry of “parainfluenzavirus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | parainfluenza | Any of a group of single-stranded RNA viruses... |
| 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 |