Where does “eszperente” come from?
eszperente (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian eszperantó, from Esperanto Esperanto, from Esperanto esperi, from Portuguese esperar, from Old Portuguese asperar, from Old Spanish esperar, from Latin spērō, from Latin spes — to succeed, to prosper.
eszperente (Hungarian): a Hungarian language game in which only the vowel...
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- a Hungarian language game in which only the vowel...
Ancestry of “eszperente”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Hungarian | eszperantó | Esperanto |
| 2 | Esperanto | Esperanto | Esperanto; one who hopes |
| 3 | Esperanto | esperi | to hope |
| 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 |