Where does “parasympathetically” come from?
parasympathetically (English) comes from English parasympathetic, from English Pará, from Portuguese Pará, from Portuguese Pera, from Portuguese espera, from Portuguese esperar, from Old Portuguese asperar, from Old Spanish esperar — to succeed, to prosper.
parasympathetically (English): By the parasympathetic system
Definitions
- By the parasympathetic system
Ancestry of “parasympathetically”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | parasympathetic | Of or relating to the part of the autonomic... |
| 2 | English | Pará | — |
| 3 | Portuguese | Pará | a state in the North Region of Brazil |
| 4 | Portuguese | Pera | — |
| 5 | Portuguese | espera | wait |
| 6 | Portuguese | esperar | to wait; to hope; to expect; to anticipate |
| 7 | Old Portuguese | asperar | — |
| 8 | Old Spanish | esperar | — |
| 9 | Latin | spērō | — |
| 10 | Latin | spes | hope; expectation, anticipation, apprehension |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | spēs | hope |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | spéh₁s | prosperity, success |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | speh₁- | to succeed, to prosper |