Where does “paranasal” come from?
Paranasal comes from English parachute and English nasal, ultimately from Latin parare meaning to prepare and Latin cadere meaning to fall, plus Latin nasalis from nasus meaning nose.
paranasal (English): Of or relating to the paranasal sinuses, a group...
Definitions
- Of or relating to the paranasal sinuses, a group...
Ancestry of “paranasal”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | Pará | — |
| 2 | Portuguese | Pará | a state in the North Region of Brazil |
| 3 | Portuguese | Pera | — |
| 4 | Portuguese | espera | wait |
| 5 | Portuguese | esperar | to wait; to hope; to expect; to anticipate |
| 6 | Old Portuguese | asperar | — |
| 7 | Old Spanish | esperar | — |
| 8 | Latin | spērō | — |
| 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 |