English
improsperity
Improsperity comes from Latin improsperitas.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEimprosperitas
- Englishtodayimprosperity
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEimprosperitas
- Englishtodayimprosperity
Formed from in- + prosperity
Latin prosperus ‘prosperous, successful’
Latin prosperitās ‘success’
Old French prosperitet
Middle English prosperite
English prosperity
Every English word from Latin improsperitas
Today it means
noun Lack of prosperity.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin improsperitas / improsperity