esperance
[ es-per-uh ns ]
/ ˈɛs pər əns /
noun Obsolete.
hope.
Origin of esperance
1400–50; late Middle English
esperaunce < Middle French
esperance < Vulgar Latin
*spērantia, equivalent to Latin
spērant- (stem of
spērāns) hoping (present participle of
spērāre, derivative of
spēs hope) +
-ia
-ia
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British Dictionary definitions for esperance
esperance
/ (ˈɛspərəns) /
noun
archaic
hope or expectation
Word Origin for esperance
C15: from Old French, from Vulgar Latin
sperantia (unattested), from Latin
spērāre to hope, from
spēs hope