"Esperanto" meaning in Esperanto

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Proper name

IPA: [espeˈranto] Forms: Esperanton [accusative]
Rhymes: -anto Etymology: From Doktoro Esperanto ("Doctor Hopeful"), the pen-name of Esperanto's author, Dr. Ludwik Łazarz Zamenhof, when he published the language in 1887; from esperanto (“one who hopes”), from the verb esperi (“to hope”), from French espérer, Spanish esperar, ultimately from Latin spērō (“to hope”). Etymology templates: {{m|eo|esperanto||one who hopes}} esperanto (“one who hopes”), {{m|eo|esperi||to hope}} esperi (“to hope”), {{der|eo|fr|espérer}} French espérer, {{der|eo|es|esperar}} Spanish esperar, {{der|eo|la|spērō||to hope}} Latin spērō (“to hope”) Head templates: {{eo-head}} Esperanto (accusative Esperanton)
  1. Esperanto Wikidata QID: Q143 Wikipedia link: eo:Esperanto Categories (topical): Artificial languages
    Sense id: en-Esperanto-eo-name-eo:Q143 Categories (other): Esperanto entries with incorrect language header Derived forms: esperanta (english: of or relating to Esperanto), esperantano (english: proponent of Esperanto), Esperantido (english: offshoot of Esperanto), esperantigi (english: to translate or transliterate to Esperanto), Esperantio, Esperantujo (english: notional land of Esperantists), esperantismo (english: the ideal of a neutral, universal auxiliary language), esperantistiĝi (english: to become an Esperantist), esperantisto (english: active user of Esperanto, Esperantist), esperantologio (english: linguistic study of Esperanto, Esperantology), esperantologo (english: specialist in Esperantology, an Esperantologist), esperantumado (english: use of Esperanto, Esperanto-related activities)

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