Etymology of the English word desperado
the English word
desperadoderived from the Spanish word
desperadoderived from the Spanish word
desesperarderived from the Latin word
desperare (despair; have no, give up hope)
using the Late Latin prefix
de-derived from the Latin word
de (away; down)
derived from the Latin word
sperare (hope for; trust; look forward to)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*spe-derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*spē-derived from the Latin word
spes (hope, anticipation, expectation; object, embodiment of hope)
using the Spanish prefix
des-derived from the Spanish word
esperarderived from the Latin word
sperare (hope for; trust; look forward to)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*spe-derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*spē-derived from the Latin word
spes (hope, anticipation, expectation; object, embodiment of hope)
Date
The earliest known usage of desperado in English dates from the 17th century.
Usage
Word found in Modern English
