Where does “paratriathlete” come from?
paratriathlete (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.
paratriathlete (English): An athlete who takes part in the paratriathlon
Definitions
- An athlete who takes part in the paratriathlon
Ancestry of “paratriathlete”, step by step
paratriathlete 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 triathlete
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | triathlete | An athlete who competes in the triathlon |
| 2 | English | athlete | A participant in a group of sporting activities... |
| 3 | Latin | āthlēta | wrestler, athlete |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἀθλητής | a combatant, champion, especially a prizefighter;... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἀθλέω | to contend for a prize, combat, wrestle; to be an... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -έω | Used to form verbs from nouns, adjectives and... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |