Where does “prosper” come from?

prosper (Romanian) comes from French prospère, from Latin prosperus, from Proto-Italic prosparos, from Proto-Indo-European speh₁- — to succeed, to prosper.

prosper (Romanian): prosperous

Definitions

  1. prosperous

Ancestry of “prosper”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchprospèreprosperous, propitious; prosperous, fortunate;...
2Latinprosperusprosperous, successful; favourable, propitious
3Proto-Italicprosparos—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanspeh₁-to succeed, to prosper
Every word from Proto-Indo-European speh₁- →Every word from Proto-Italic prosparos →Every word from Latin prosperus →