Where does “perer” come from?

perer (Catalan) comes from Old French perier, from Vulgar Latin pirarius, from Latin pirus, from Malay firus, from Persian فیروزه, from Classical Persian پیروزه, from Turkic Turkic, from English sarapa — to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall.

perer (Catalan): pear tree

Definitions

  1. pear tree

Ancestry of “perer”, step by step

perer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French perier

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchperier
2Vulgar Latinpirariusa pear-tree
3Latinpirusa pear-tree
4Malayfirusturquoise
5Persianفیروزهturquoise
6Classical Persianپیروزهturquoise
7TurkicTurkic
8EnglishsarapaA robe of honour
9Persianسراپاfrom head to toe
10Persianپاleg, foot; with
11Old Persian𐎱𐎠𐎭foot
12Proto-Iranianpā́dahfoot
13Proto-Indo-Iranianpā́tsfoot
14Proto-Indo-Europeanpṓdsfoot
15Proto-Indo-Europeanpódsfoot
16Proto-Indo-Europeanped-to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall

via Catalan pera

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanperapear
2Old Occitanpera
3Vulgar Latinpira
4Latinpiruma pear
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ped-Every word from Proto-Indo-European pódsEvery word from Proto-Indo-European pṓds