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Where does “hipearspás” come from?

hipearspás (Irish) comes from Irish spás, from Middle Irish spás, from Middle English space, from Old French espace, from Latin spatium, from Proto-Indo-European spéh₁-, from Proto-Indo-European speh₁- — to succeed, to prosper.

hipearspás (Irish): hyperspace

Definitions

  1. hyperspace

Ancestry of “hipearspás”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishspásspace
2Middle Irishspás—
3Middle Englishspace—
4Old Frenchespacespace; room; duration
5LatinspatiumSpace, room, extent; Distance between points; A...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanspéh₁-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanspeh₁-to succeed, to prosper
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