Where does “Pereira” come from?
Pereira (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese Pera, from Portuguese espera, from Portuguese esperar, from Old Portuguese asperar, from Old Spanish esperar, from Latin spērō, from Latin spes, from Proto-Italic spēs — to succeed, to prosper.
Ancestry of “Pereira”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | Pera | — |
| 2 | Portuguese | espera | wait |
| 3 | Portuguese | esperar | to wait; to hope; to expect; to anticipate |
| 4 | Old Portuguese | asperar | — |
| 5 | Old Spanish | esperar | — |
| 6 | Latin | spērō | — |
| 7 | Latin | spes | hope; expectation, anticipation, apprehension |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | spēs | hope |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | spéh₁s | prosperity, success |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | speh₁- | to succeed, to prosper |