Where does “porós” come from?
porós (Catalan) comes from Catalan porus, from Latin porus, from Ancient Greek πόρος, from Ancient Greek πείρω, from Proto-Hellenic *péryō.
porós (Catalan): porous
Ancestry of “porós”, step by step
porós traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Catalan porus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Catalan | porus | pore |
| 2 | Latin | porus | pore, passage in the body; tufa |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | πόρος | a means of passage, passageway, way, opening;... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | πείρω | I pierce, run through; I cleave through |
| 5 | Proto-Hellenic | *péryō | — |
via Catalan ós
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Catalan | ós | bear |
| 2 | Latin | ursus | a bear |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | *orsos | — |