Where does “parakite” come from?
parakite (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.
parakite (English): A train or series of kites on one string and...
Definitions
- A train or series of kites on one string and...
Ancestry of “parakite”, step by step
parakite 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 kite
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | kite | A bird of prey of the family Accipitridae; A... |
| 2 | Middle English | kyte | A kite |
| 3 | Middle English | kite | Alternative form of kyte |
| 4 | Middle English | kete | Alternative form of kyte; a kite endemic to... |
| 5 | Old English | cȳta | kite, bittern; kite; bittern |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | kūtijô | kite |
| 7 | Latvian | kūt | to hit, to strike |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |