Etymograph

English

prosperity

Prosperity comes from Latin prosperitās ‘success’, and goes back to prosperus.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEprosperus‘prosperous, successful’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEprosperitās‘success’
  3. Old Frenchc. 842–1400prosperitet
  4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500prosperite
  5. Englishearliest quotation 2024prosperity

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEprosperus‘prosperous, successful’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEprosperitās‘success’
  3. Old Frenchc. 842–1400prosperitet
  4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500prosperite
  5. Englishearliest quotation 2024prosperity

Earliest quotation: 2024, Jessie Yeung and Hassan Tayir, Pork flavored coffee is Starbucks’ newest China pitch: “Eating meat means prosperity in the coming year,” the…”

Formed from prosper + -ity

Proto-Indo-European *speh₁- ‘to succeed’

Proto-Italic *prosparos

Latin prosperus ‘prosperous’

Latin prosperō ‘to render happy’

Old French prosperer ‘to favor’

English prosper

Every English word from Latin prosperus

Today it means

noun The condition of being prosperous: having good fortune and a fortune.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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