Where does “paramasticatory” come from?
paramasticatory (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.
paramasticatory (English): Other than masticatory (that does not involve just chewing)
Definitions
- Other than masticatory (that does not involve just chewing)
Ancestry of “paramasticatory”, step by step
paramasticatory 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 masticatory
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | masticatory | Something chewed, originally as a medicine, now... |
| 2 | Latin | masticō | to chew |
| 3 | Latin | masticāre | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | μαστιχάω | I grind the teeth |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | μάσταξ | mouth, jaws, that with which one chews; mouthful,... |