Where does “prospero” come from?

prospero (Portuguese) comes from Latin prosperus, from Proto-Italic prosparos, from Proto-Indo-European speh₁- — to succeed, to prosper.

prospero (Portuguese): prosperous; successful

Definitions

  1. prosperous; successful

Ancestry of “prospero”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinprosperusprosperous, successful; favourable, propitious
2Proto-Italicprosparos—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanspeh₁-to succeed, to prosper
Every word from Proto-Indo-European speh₁- →Every word from Proto-Italic prosparos →Every word from Latin prosperus →