Where does “desperado” come from?
desperado (French) comes from English desperado, from Spanish desperado, from Spanish desperar, from Spanish desesperar, from Spanish esperar, from Old Spanish esperar, from Latin spērō, from Latin spes — to succeed, to prosper.
desperado (French): desperado
Definitions
- desperado
Ancestry of “desperado”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | desperado | A bold outlaw, especially one from southern... |
| 2 | Spanish | desperado | Obsolete form of desesperado |
| 3 | Spanish | desperar | Obsolete form of desesperar |
| 4 | Spanish | desesperar | to despair, exasperate; to despair |
| 5 | Spanish | esperar | to hope for, hope to; to expect, look for; to... |
| 6 | Old Spanish | esperar | to wait for, await |
| 7 | Latin | spērō | to hope, expect |
| 8 | Latin | spes | hope; expectation, anticipation, apprehension |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | spēs | hope |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | spéh₁s | prosperity, success |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | speh₁- | to succeed, to prosper |