C15: from Old French, from Vulgar Latin sperantia (unattested), from Latin spērāre to hope, from spēs hope
esperance in American English
(ˈespərəns)
noun
obsolete
hope
Word origin
[1400–50; late ME esperaunce ‹ MF esperance ‹ VL *spērantia, equiv. to L spērant- (s. of spērāns) hoping (prp. of spērāre, deriv. of spēs hope) + -ia-ia]This word is first recorded in the period 1400–50. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: dial, gallery, mature, transit, trunk