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Where does “πεῖρᾰ” come from?

πεῖρᾰ (Ancient Greek) comes from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.

πεῖρᾰ (Ancient Greek): trial, experiment, attempt

Definitions

  1. trial, experiment, attempt

Ancestry of “πεῖρᾰ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

Words derived from “πεῖρᾰ”

  • empirical
  • pirate
  • empirically
  • empiricism
  • empiricist
  • empiric
  • semiempirical
  • nonempirical
  • piratic
  • unempirical
  • postempiricist
  • superempirical
  • nonempirically
  • antiempirical
  • antiempiricist
  • empiricalness
  • antipirate
  • piratelike
  • semiempirically
  • unempirically
  • pirater
  • archpirate
  • cyberpirate
  • antiempiricism
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