prosper的词源

英文词源

prosper (v.)

mid-14c., from Old French prosperer (14c.) and directly from Latin prosperare "cause to succeed, render happy," from prosperus "favorable, fortunate, prosperous," perhaps literally "agreeable to one's wishes," traditionally regarded as from Old Latin pro spere "according to expectation, according to one's hope," from pro "for" + ablative of spes "hope," from PIE root *spe- "to flourish, succeed, thrive, prosper" (see speed (n.)).

中文词源

prosper：繁荣，昌盛，成功

词根词缀： pro-前 + -sper-希望

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：prosper 词源，prosper 含义。

prosper：使繁荣，昌盛

pro-,向前，-sper,希望，兴旺，词源同speed,desperate.