Esperanto.
Esperanto
Meaning & usage
Esperanto
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *speh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *spéh₁s Proto-Italic *spēs Old Latin spēs Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Old Latin -ō Old Latin *spēsō Latin spērāre Old French esperer Middle French esperer French espérerbor. ▲ Latin spērāre Italian sperarebor. ▲ Latin sperō Old Spanish esperar Spanish esperarbor. ▲ Latin spērāre Old Galician-Portuguese asperar Portuguese esperarbor. ▲ Latin spērāre Old Occitan esperar Occitan esperarbor. ▲ Latin spērāre Catalan esperarbor. Esperanto esperi Proto-Indo-European *-onts Latin -ns Latin -ansbor. ▲ Latin -āns Old French -ant French -antbor. Esperanto -ant- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *-os Archaic Latin -os Latin -um Italian -oder. Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Italic *-om Latin -um Spanish -oder. Ancient Greek -οι (-oi)der. Esperanto -o Esperanto -anto Esperanto esperanto Esperanto Esperanto From Doktoro Esperanto ("Doctor Hopeful"), the pen-name of Esperanto's author, Dr. Ludwik Łazarz Zamenhof, when he published the language in 1887; from esperanto (“one who hopes”), from the verb esperi (“to hope”), from French espérer, Spanish esperar, ultimately from Latin spērō (“to hope”).
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