Where does “Pera” come from?
Pera (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese espera, from Portuguese esperar, from Old Portuguese asperar, from Old Spanish esperar, from Latin spērō, from Latin spes, from Proto-Italic spēs, from Proto-Indo-European spéh₁s — to succeed, to prosper.
Pera (Portuguese): pear
Definitions
- pear
Ancestry of “Pera”, step by step
Pera traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese espera
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | espera | wait |
| 2 | Portuguese | esperar | to wait; to hope; to expect; to anticipate |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | asperar | — |
| 4 | Old Spanish | esperar | to wait for, await |
| 5 | Latin | spērō | to hope, expect |
| 6 | Latin | spes | hope; expectation, anticipation, apprehension |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | spēs | hope |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | spéh₁s | prosperity, success |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | speh₁- | to succeed, to prosper |
via Old Portuguese pera
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Portuguese | pera | for, towards; pear |
| 2 | Latin | per | through, by means of; throughout, during |
| 3 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 4 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 5 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 6 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |