{"era":"current","word":"desperation","meaning":"extreme hopelessness or loss of hope","children":[{"era":"classical","word":"Latin desperationem","meaning":"despair, hopelessness","children":[{"era":"classical","word":"Latin desperare","meaning":"to despair; to lose hope","children":[{"era":"classical","word":"de- + sperare","meaning":"away from + to hope","children":[],"language":"Latin"}],"language":"Latin"}],"language":"Latin"}],"language":"Modern English"}