Where does “mpera” come from?
mpera (Swahili) comes from Swahili pera, from Portuguese Pera, from Portuguese espera, from Portuguese esperar, from Old Portuguese asperar, from Old Spanish esperar, from Latin spērō, from Latin spes — to succeed, to prosper.
mpera (Swahili): guava tree
Definitions
- guava tree
Ancestry of “mpera”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swahili | pera | guava |
| 2 | Portuguese | Pera | pear |
| 3 | Portuguese | espera | wait |
| 4 | Portuguese | esperar | to wait; to hope; to expect; to anticipate |
| 5 | Old Portuguese | asperar | — |
| 6 | Old Spanish | esperar | to wait for, await |
| 7 | Latin | spērō | to hope, expect |
| 8 | Latin | spes | hope; expectation, anticipation, apprehension |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | spēs | hope |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | spéh₁s | prosperity, success |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | speh₁- | to succeed, to prosper |