Where does “désespérance” come from?
désespérance (French) comes from French désespérer, from French espérer, from Middle French esperer, from Old French esperer, from Latin spērō, from Latin spes, from Proto-Italic spēs, from Proto-Indo-European spéh₁s — to succeed, to prosper.
désespérance (French): despair
Definitions
- despair
Ancestry of “désespérance”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | désespérer | to despair |
| 2 | French | espérer | to hope; to hope for; to have faith, to trust |
| 3 | Middle French | esperer | to hope |
| 4 | Old French | esperer | to hope |
| 5 | Latin | spērō | to hope, expect |
| 6 | Latin | spes | hope; expectation, anticipation, apprehension |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | spēs | hope |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | spéh₁s | prosperity, success |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | speh₁- | to succeed, to prosper |