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E 0302 ESPERANCE
The word " esperance " is a
loanword from French .
H 0846 ר ב ס
Concept of root : hope
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Hebrew word
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pronunciation
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English meanings
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ר ב ס
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sever
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hope
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Related English words
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esperance, from French
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Comparison between European words and
Hebrew
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Languages
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Words
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Pronunciation
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English meanings
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Similarity in roots
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Hebrew
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ר ב ס
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sever
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hope
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s . b . r
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Latin
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spes <
speres
speres
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spes
speres ;
sperare
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hope;
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to hope
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s p . r
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English
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esperance
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esperance, hope
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s p . r
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Proto-Semitic *SEBER --- SPES, SPERES Latin
This similarity is looked into in entry E 0303 (Hebrew 0876) , "sibbèr". There we see that what is one and the same root with initial S-sound is spelled with the consonant " Sin, ש " as well as with the consonant Samekh, " ס ".
For the moment it is anyhow useful to point out that the same root has the verb "ס ב ר , sawar, sibbèr " that carries the concepts of "to think, be of an opinion, to suppose", that has led to "expectation, hope".
Note:
- Latin. The word "spes" is very well known, and "speres" is the plural form already in Old Latin. The verb is "spero, speravi, speratum, sperare" for "to expect, to hope". The basic form is "SPER". Surprisingly, there has not been found any convincing connection to possible cognates in other branches of Indo-European. The comparison remains between Semitic and Latin.
Note:
- Proto-Semitic . The root is found in Aramaic "ס ב ר , sewar = he thought, was of opinion, looked for" and Syriac "ס ב ר , sewar = he thought, believed, supposed". It has some possible cognates in other languages. It probably was already used in Proto-Semitic : "*ס ב ר , S B R".
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| Created: Tuesday 6 November 2007 at 22.30.54 Updated: 01/01/2013 at 15.38.54 |
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