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
- pear tree
Ancestry of “perer”, step by step
perer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French perier
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | perier | — |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | pirarius | a pear-tree |
| 3 | Latin | pirus | a pear-tree |
| 4 | Malay | firus | turquoise |
| 5 | Persian | فیروزه | turquoise |
| 6 | Classical Persian | پیروزه | turquoise |
| 7 | Turkic | Turkic | — |
| 8 | English | sarapa | A robe of honour |
| 9 | Persian | سراپا | from head to toe |
| 10 | Persian | پا | leg, foot; with |
| 11 | Old Persian | 𐎱𐎠𐎭 | foot |
| 12 | Proto-Iranian | pā́dah | foot |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | pā́ts | foot |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | pṓds | foot |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | póds | foot |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | ped- | to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall |