Where does “Perera” come from?
Perera (Old Tupi) comes from Portuguese Pereira, from Portuguese Pera, from Portuguese espera, from Portuguese esperar, from Old Portuguese asperar, from Old Spanish esperar, from Latin spērō, from Latin spes — to succeed, to prosper.
Ancestry of “Perera”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | Pereira | pear tree |
| 2 | Portuguese | Pera | pear |
| 3 | Portuguese | espera | wait |
| 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 |