Where does “madreporic” come from?
madreporic (English) comes from English madrepore, from French madrépore, from Italian madrepora, from Latin porus, from Ancient Greek πόρος, from Ancient Greek πείρω, from Proto-Hellenic *péryō.
madreporic (English): Resembling, or pertaining to, the genus...
Definitions
- Resembling, or pertaining to, the genus...
Ancestry of “madreporic”, step by step
madreporic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English madrepore
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | madrepore | A coral of the genus "Madrepora" or of the larger... |
| 2 | French | madrépore | A coral of the genus "Madrepora" or of the larger... |
| 3 | Italian | madrepora | madrepore |
| 4 | Latin | porus | pore, passage in the body; tufa |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | πόρος | a means of passage, passageway, way, opening;... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πείρω | I pierce, run through; I cleave through |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | *péryō | — |
via French madréporique
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | madréporique | madreporic |