Where does “parabéns” come from?
parabéns (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese parabém, from Portuguese Pará, from Portuguese Pera, from Portuguese espera, from Portuguese esperar, from Old Portuguese asperar, from Old Spanish esperar, from Latin spērō — to succeed, to prosper.
parabéns (Portuguese): happy birthday!; congratulations!;...
Definitions
- happy birthday!; congratulations!;...
Ancestry of “parabéns”, step by step
parabéns traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese parabém
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | parabém | — |
| 2 | Portuguese | Pará | a state in the North Region of Brazil |
| 3 | Portuguese | Pera | pear |
| 4 | Portuguese | espera | wait |
| 5 | Portuguese | esperar | to wait; to hope; to expect; to anticipate |
| 6 | Old Portuguese | asperar | — |
| 7 | Old Spanish | esperar | to wait for, await |
| 8 | Latin | spērō | to hope, expect |
| 9 | Latin | spes | hope; expectation, anticipation, apprehension |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | spēs | hope |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | spéh₁s | prosperity, success |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | speh₁- | to succeed, to prosper |
via Galician para
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galician | para | for; to, toward; about to |
| 2 | Galician | parar | to stop; to stay; to situate, position |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | parar | — |
| 4 | Latin | parō | to arrange, order, contrive, design |
| 5 | Latin | pectus | chest, breast; heart, breast, as the seat of... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | pektos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | peg- | breast |
| 8 | English | polyethylene glycol | Any of a series of water-soluble polymers, of... |
via Galician ben
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galician | ben | benefit; welfare; goods; good |