Where does “paraophthalmic” come from?
paraophthalmic (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.
paraophthalmic (English): Above the eyes
Definitions
- Above the eyes
Ancestry of “paraophthalmic”, step by step
paraophthalmic 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 ophthalmic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ophthalmic | Of or pertaining to the eyes; Visionary, looking... |
| 2 | Latin | ophthalmicus | ophthalmic |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ὀφθᾰλμῐκός | ophthalmic |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ικός | of or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic |