Prosperous
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late Middle English: from Old French prospereus, from Latin prosperus ‘doing well’.
wiktionary
From Middle French prospereus, from Old French prosperer, from Latin prosperō(“I cause to succeed”), from Old Latin pro spere(“according to expectation”), from pro(“for”) + spes(“hope”).
etymonline
prosperous (adj.)
early 15c., "favorable, auspicious, tending to bring success;" late 15c., "flourishing, successful, making good progress in anything good or desirable;" from Anglo-French prosperous, prospereus, Anglo-Latin prosperosus, or directly from Old French prospereus (15c.), from prosperer, extended form of prospere, from Latin prosperus "favorable, fortunate" (see prosper). Related: Prosperously; prosperousness.
