Etymology

esperance

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Today it means: Expectation, hope. Full definition →

Middle French esperance
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  1. Middle French · borrowed fromesperance
  2. English todayesperance

Borrowed from Middle French esperance (compare modern French espérance), from esperer (“to hope”).

Words from the same roots

Middle Frenchesperance all →

hope

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.