Where does “에스페란토” come from?
에스페란토 (Korean) comes from English Esperanto, from Esperanto Esperanto, from Esperanto esperi, from Portuguese esperar, from Old Portuguese asperar, from Old Spanish esperar, from Latin spērō, from Latin spes — to succeed, to prosper.
에스페란토 (Korean): Esperanto (an international auxiliary language)
Definitions
- Esperanto (an international auxiliary language)
Ancestry of “에스페란토”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Esperanto | An international auxiliary language designed by L. L. Zamenhof |
| 2 | Esperanto | Esperanto | Esperanto; one who hopes |
| 3 | Esperanto | esperi | to hope |
| 4 | Portuguese | esperar | to wait; to hope; to expect; to anticipate |
| 5 | Old Portuguese | asperar | — |
| 6 | Old Spanish | esperar | to wait for, await |
| 7 | Latin | spērō | to hope, expect |
| 8 | Latin | spes | hope; expectation, anticipation, apprehension |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | spēs | hope |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | spéh₁s | prosperity, success |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | speh₁- | to succeed, to prosper |