Where does “parasymbiosis” come from?
parasymbiosis (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.
parasymbiosis (English): The condition when the hyphae of a parasite envelop the algal constituents of a lichen and cause injury
Definitions
- The condition when the hyphae of a parasite envelop the algal constituents of a lichen and cause injury
Ancestry of “parasymbiosis”, step by step
parasymbiosis 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 symbiosis
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | symbiosis | A relationship of mutual benefit, especially... |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | συμβίωσις | a living together, companionship |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | συμβιόω | to live together |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | σῠν- | together; with, together |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | σύν | beside, with |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | *ksún | beside, with |