Where does “parencephalocele” come from?
parencephalocele (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.
parencephalocele (English): The protrusion of the cerebellum through a defect in the cranium
Definitions
- The protrusion of the cerebellum through a defect in the cranium
Ancestry of “parencephalocele”, step by step
parencephalocele 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 encephalocele
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | encephalocele | A form of hernia of the brain and its membranes... |
| 2 | English | -cele | A tumour; A hernia; Alternative form of -coel |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | κήλη | tumour, swelling; hernia, rupture; hump on a... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂u-l-eh₂ | tumour |