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esperi.

to hope

6 characters3 syllables approx.Esperanto language

Meaning & usage

verb/esˈperi/
  1. to hope

    ambitransitive
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 Borrowed from French espérer, Italian sperare, Spanish, Portuguese, Occitan, and Catalan esperar, from Latin spērō.

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