Where does “パラ” come from?
パラ (Japanese) comes from Japanese パラリンピック, from English paralympic, from English paraplegic, from English Pará, from Portuguese Pará, from Portuguese Pera, from Portuguese espera, from Portuguese esperar — to succeed, to prosper.
パラ (Japanese): para-; a benzene ring with two substituents in opposite positions
Definitions
- para-; a benzene ring with two substituents in opposite positions
Ancestry of “パラ”, step by step
パラ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese パラリンピック
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | パラリンピック | the Paralympics |
| 2 | English | paralympic | Pertaining to the Paralympics and their... |
| 3 | English | paraplegic | Of, related to, or suffering from paraplegia; A... |
| 4 | English | Pará | A former subunit of currency in several countries in the Ottoman/Turkish and Yugoslav regions |
| 5 | Portuguese | Pará | a state in the North Region of Brazil |
| 6 | Portuguese | Pera | pear |
| 7 | Portuguese | espera | wait |
| 8 | Portuguese | esperar | to wait; to hope; to expect; to anticipate |
| 9 | Old Portuguese | asperar | — |
| 10 | Old Spanish | esperar | to wait for, await |
| 11 | Latin | spērō | to hope, expect |
| 12 | Latin | spes | hope; expectation, anticipation, apprehension |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | spēs | hope |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | spéh₁s | prosperity, success |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | speh₁- | to succeed, to prosper |
via English palla
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | palla | A traditional Tuscan ball game played in the... |
| 2 | Italian | palla | ball; bullet, shot; testicles |
| 3 | Latin | palla | A rectangular piece of cloth worn by ladies in... |
| 4 | Frankish | ball | — |
| 5 | Northern Sami | bállu | testicle, ball |
| 6 | Northern Sami | ballát | to become scared |
| 7 | Proto-Samic | pëlājëtēk | to become scared |
| 8 | Proto-Samic | pëlëtēk | to fear |
| 9 | Proto-Uralic | pele- | to fear |