Where does “パラリンピック” come from?
パラリンピック (Japanese) comes from English paralympic, from English paraplegic, from English Pará, from Portuguese Pará, from Portuguese Pera, from Portuguese espera, from Portuguese esperar, from Old Portuguese asperar — to succeed, to prosper.
パラリンピック (Japanese): the Paralympics
Definitions
- the Paralympics
Ancestry of “パラリンピック”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | paralympic | Pertaining to the Paralympics and their... |
| 2 | English | paraplegic | Of, related to, or suffering from paraplegia; A... |
| 3 | English | Pará | A former subunit of currency in several countries in the Ottoman/Turkish and Yugoslav regions |
| 4 | Portuguese | Pará | a state in the North Region of Brazil |
| 5 | Portuguese | Pera | pear |
| 6 | Portuguese | espera | wait |
| 7 | Portuguese | esperar | to wait; to hope; to expect; to anticipate |
| 8 | Old Portuguese | asperar | — |
| 9 | Old Spanish | esperar | to wait for, await |
| 10 | Latin | spērō | to hope, expect |
| 11 | Latin | spes | hope; expectation, anticipation, apprehension |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | spēs | hope |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | spéh₁s | prosperity, success |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | speh₁- | to succeed, to prosper |