Where does “paraprotaspis” come from?

paraprotaspis (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.

paraprotaspis (English): The third and last molt stage of the protaspis

Definitions

  1. The third and last molt stage of the protaspis

Ancestry of “paraprotaspis”, step by step

paraprotaspis 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 protaspis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishprotaspisA stage in the development of a trilobite where...
2EnglishaspisA type of round shield borne by ancient Greek...
3Ancient Greekἀσπίςshield; collective, body of men-at-arms; on the...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂esp-to cut
Every word from Proto-Indo-European speh₁-Every word from Proto-Indo-European spéh₁sEvery word from Proto-Italic spēs
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