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Where does “spes” come from?

spes (Latin) comes from Proto-Italic spēs, from Proto-Indo-European spéh₁s, from Proto-Indo-European speh₁- — to succeed, to prosper.

spes (Latin): hope; expectation, anticipation, apprehension

Definitions

  1. hope; expectation, anticipation, apprehension

Ancestry of “spes”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italicspēshope
2Proto-Indo-Europeanspéh₁sprosperity, success
3Proto-Indo-Europeanspeh₁-to succeed, to prosper

Words derived from “spes”

  • prosperity
  • prosperous
  • prosper
  • prospering
  • prosperously
  • unprosperous
  • prospereth
  • coprosperity
  • unprosperously
  • prosperest
  • prosperousness
  • improsperous
  • unprosperousness
  • semiprosperous
  • improsperity
  • prosperingly
  • prospero
  • prosperatus
  • prosperandus
  • prosperans
  • prosperaturus
  • prosperare
  • prosperosamente
  • prosperosità
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