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Where does “spēs” come from?

spēs (Proto-Italic) comes from Proto-Indo-European spéh₁s, from Proto-Indo-European speh₁- — to succeed, to prosper.

spēs (Proto-Italic): hope

Definitions

  1. hope

Ancestry of “spēs”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanspéh₁sprosperity, success
2Proto-Indo-Europeanspeh₁-to succeed, to prosper

Words derived from “spēs”

  • prosperity
  • prosperous
  • prosper
  • prospering
  • prosperously
  • unprosperous
  • prospereth
  • coprosperity
  • unprosperously
  • prosperest
  • prosperousness
  • improsperous
  • unprosperousness
  • semiprosperous
  • improsperity
  • prosperingly
  • prospero
  • prosperatus
  • prosperandus
  • prosperans
  • prosperaturus
  • spes
  • prosperare
  • prosperosamente
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