prosperous

The story

1. Old Latin · derived frompro spere“according to expectation”
2. Latin · derived fromprosperō“to cause to succeed”
3. Old French · derived fromprosperer
4. Middle French · derived fromprospereus
5. English todayprosperous

From Middle French prospereus, from Old French prosperer, from Latin prosperō (“to cause to succeed”), from Old Latin pro spere (“according to expectation”), from pro (“for”) + spes (“hope”).

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