Where does “desperate” come from?
desperate (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk desperat, from Latin dēspērātus, from Latin dēsperō, from Esperanto -o, from Spanish -ó, from Latin Aramaicus, from Ancient Greek Ἀραμαϊκός, from Aramaic ܐܪܡܝܐ — Aram (son of Shem).
desperate (Norwegian Nynorsk): definite singular of desperat; plural of desperat
Definitions
- definite singular of desperat; plural of desperat
Ancestry of “desperate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | desperat | desperate; desperately |
| 2 | Latin | dēspērātus | desperate, hopeless |
| 3 | Latin | dēsperō | to have no hope of |
| 4 | Esperanto | -o | Nominal suffix. Most Esperanto nouns end in "-o";... |
| 5 | Spanish | -ó | A suffix indicating the third-person singular... |
| 6 | Latin | Aramaicus | Aramean, Aramaic |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | Ἀραμαϊκός | Aramean, Aramaic |
| 8 | Aramaic | ܐܪܡܝܐ | Aramean; gentile |
| 9 | Aramaic | ארמיא | Aramaean |
| 10 | Aramaic | ארם | Aram (son of Shem) |