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Where does “paranode” come from?

paranode (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.

paranode (English): The edge of the node of Ranvier of a myelinated...

Definitions

  1. The edge of the node of Ranvier of a myelinated...

Ancestry of “paranode”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishPará—
2PortugueseParáa state in the North Region of Brazil
3PortuguesePera—
4Portugueseesperawait
5Portugueseesperarto wait; to hope; to expect; to anticipate
6Old Portugueseasperar—
7Old Spanishesperar—
8Latinspērō—
9Latinspeshope; expectation, anticipation, apprehension
10Proto-Italicspēshope
11Proto-Indo-Europeanspéh₁sprosperity, success
12Proto-Indo-Europeanspeh₁-to succeed, to prosper

Words derived from “paranode”

  • juxtaparanode
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