Where does “paralogical” come from?
paralogical (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.
paralogical (English): Of or pertaining to paralogism; illogical
Definitions
- Of or pertaining to paralogism; illogical
Ancestry of “paralogical”, step by step
paralogical 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 logical
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | logical | In agreement with the principles of logic;... |
| 2 | English | logic | logical; A method of human thought that involves... |
| 3 | French | logique | logic; logical |
| 4 | Latin | logica | nominative feminine singular of logicus;... |
| 5 | Latin | logicus | logical; reasonable |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | λογικός | Belonging to speech: prose; Belonging to reason:... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |