Etymology of the Latin word desperare
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)
Derivations in Latin
desperatusDerivations in other languages
French
despair, Italian
disperare, Romanian
despera, Spanish
desesperar, Spanish
desperar
