Where does “paraphimosis” come from?

paraphimosis (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.

paraphimosis (English): A medical condition where the foreskin becomes...

Definitions

  1. A medical condition where the foreskin becomes...

Ancestry of “paraphimosis”, step by step

paraphimosis traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Pará

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishParáA former subunit of currency in several countries in the Ottoman/Turkish and Yugoslav regions
2PortugueseParáa state in the North Region of Brazil
3PortuguesePerapear
4Portugueseesperawait
5Portugueseesperarto wait; to hope; to expect; to anticipate
6Old Portugueseasperar—
7Old Spanishesperarto wait for, await
8Latinspērōto hope, expect
9Latinspeshope; expectation, anticipation, apprehension
10Proto-Italicspēshope
11Proto-Indo-Europeanspéh₁sprosperity, success
12Proto-Indo-Europeanspeh₁-to succeed, to prosper

via English phimosis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishphimosisA contraction of the foreskin (either as a stage of development or a pathological condition), which prevents it from being retracted
2Ancient Greekφίμωσιςmuzzling, silencing of death; phimosis
3Ancient Greek-σῐς"suffix forming nouns"
Every word from Proto-Indo-European speh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European spéh₁s →Every word from Proto-Italic spēs →