Where does “પ્રાણુ” come from?
પ્રાણુ (Gujarati) comes from Gujarati પર, from Portuguese Pera, from Portuguese espera, from Portuguese esperar, from Old Portuguese asperar, from Old Spanish esperar, from Latin spērō, from Latin spes — to succeed, to prosper.
પ્રાણુ (Gujarati): proton
Ancestry of “પ્રાણુ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Gujarati | પર | on, upon |
| 2 | Portuguese | Pera | — |
| 3 | Portuguese | espera | wait |
| 4 | Portuguese | esperar | to wait; to hope; to expect; to anticipate |
| 5 | Old Portuguese | asperar | — |
| 6 | Old Spanish | esperar | — |
| 7 | Latin | spērō | — |
| 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 |