Etymograph

English

sperable

Sperable comes from Latin sperabilis.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsperabilis1
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1622sperable1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English sperable
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1622, Francis Bacon, An Advertisement Touching an Holy Warre. […]: “wee may either cast it away, if it be…”.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsperabilisWiktionary, English sperable
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1622sperableWiktionary, English sperable. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1622, Francis Bacon, An Advertisement Touching an Holy Warre. […]: “wee may either cast it away, if it be…”

Every English word from Latin sperabilis

Today it means

adj hopeful or hoped for

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “sperable”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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