Where does “パラジクロロベンゼン” come from?
パラジクロロベンゼン (Japanese) comes from English paradichlorobenzene, from English Pará, from Portuguese Pará, from Portuguese Pera, from Portuguese espera, from Portuguese esperar, from Old Portuguese asperar, from Old Spanish esperar — to succeed, to prosper.
パラジクロロベンゼン (Japanese): paradichlorobenzene
Definitions
- paradichlorobenzene
Ancestry of “パラジクロロベンゼン”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | paradichlorobenzene | 1,4-dichlorobenzene, an organic compound used as... |
| 2 | English | Pará | A former subunit of currency in several countries in the Ottoman/Turkish and Yugoslav regions |
| 3 | Portuguese | Pará | a state in the North Region of Brazil |
| 4 | Portuguese | Pera | pear |
| 5 | Portuguese | espera | wait |
| 6 | Portuguese | esperar | to wait; to hope; to expect; to anticipate |
| 7 | Old Portuguese | asperar | — |
| 8 | Old Spanish | esperar | to wait for, await |
| 9 | Latin | spērō | to hope, expect |
| 10 | Latin | spes | hope; expectation, anticipation, apprehension |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | spēs | hope |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | spéh₁s | prosperity, success |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | speh₁- | to succeed, to prosper |