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
Ancestry of “パラジクロロベンゼン”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | paradichlorobenzene | 1,4-dichlorobenzene, an organic compound used as... |
| 2 | English | Pará | — |
| 3 | Portuguese | Pará | a state in the North Region of Brazil |
| 4 | Portuguese | Pera | — |
| 5 | Portuguese | espera | wait |
| 6 | Portuguese | esperar | to wait; to hope; to expect; to anticipate |
| 7 | Old Portuguese | asperar | — |
| 8 | Old Spanish | esperar | — |
| 9 | Latin | spērō | — |
| 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 |