Where does “paraplegic” come from?
Paraplegic comes from English parachute, derived from French parachute, which combines French chute (fall) from Latin cadere (to fall) and Latin parare (to prepare or ward off).
paraplegic (English): Of, related to, or suffering from paraplegia; A...
Definitions
- Of, related to, or suffering from paraplegia; A...
Ancestry of “paraplegic”, 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 |
Words derived from “paraplegic”