Where does “paralithic” come from?
paralithic (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.
paralithic (English): Describing a weathered rock that is not soft or loose
Definitions
- Describing a weathered rock that is not soft or loose
Ancestry of “paralithic”, step by step
paralithic 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 lithic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | lithic | Relating to stone; Relating to rock; Relating to... |
| 2 | English | lith | A limb; any member of the body; A joint; a... |
| 3 | Middle English | liþ | Alternative form of lyth |
| 4 | Old English | liþ | limb, member |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | liþu | bend, joint; limb |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | liþuz | a bend, joint; a body part, limb, member |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂el- | to grow, nourish; beyond, other; to wander, roam |