Where does “parakeratocytosis” come from?
parakeratocytosis (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.
parakeratocytosis (English): Any disease associated with parakeratocytes
Definitions
- Any disease associated with parakeratocytes
Ancestry of “parakeratocytosis”, step by step
parakeratocytosis 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 keratocytosis
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | keratocytosis | Any disease associated with keratocytes |
| 2 | English | keratocyte | A fibroblastic cell in the tissue of the cornea |
| 3 | English | cyte | Synonym of cell; Obsolete form of city |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | κῠ́τος | hollow”, “vessel |