Where does “speranza” come from?
speranza (Italian) comes from Vulgar Latin sperantia, from Latin sperans, from Latin spērō, from Latin spes, from Proto-Italic spēs, from Proto-Indo-European spéh₁s, from Proto-Indo-European speh₁- — to succeed, to prosper.
speranza (Italian): hope
Definitions
- hope
Ancestry of “speranza”, step by step
speranza traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vulgar Latin sperantia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vulgar Latin | sperantia | nominative neuter plural of spērāns; accusative... |
| 2 | Latin | sperans | hoping, expecting; awaiting; fearing |
| 3 | Latin | spērō | to hope, expect |
| 4 | Latin | spes | hope; expectation, anticipation, apprehension |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | spēs | hope |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | spéh₁s | prosperity, success |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | speh₁- | to succeed, to prosper |
via Italian sperare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | sperare | to hope; to trust, to hope |
| 2 | Italian | -are | Used, with a stem, to form the infinitive of most... |
| 3 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |