espérance
French
noun
Definitions
- hope
Etymology
Suffix from French espérer (hope) inherited from Old French esperance inherited from Latin spērantia, spērāns.
Origin
Latin
spērāns
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- expectation English
- sperantia Latin
- sperare Latin
- spērantia Latin
- spērāns Latin
- spērāntia Latin
- Erwartungswert German
- speranza Italian
- speranzoso Italian
- sperare Italian
- désespérer French
- espérable French
- espérer French
- esperanza Spanish, Castilian
- esperar Spanish, Castilian
- desesperançado Portuguese
- esperança Portuguese
- esperar Portuguese
- esperance Old French
- esperer Old French
- Esperanto Esperanto
- esperi Esperanto
- esperança Catalan, Valencian
- esperar Catalan, Valencian
- speranță Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- esperance Middle French
- esperança Old Portuguese
- speranza Maltese
- esperanza Asturian
- sperance Friulian
- sperâ Friulian
- esperansa Old Occitan
- esperanssa Old Occitan
- speransa Papiamentu
- esperansa Kabuverdianu
- sparansa Istriot