Where does โ€œperboricโ€ come from?

perboric (English) comes from English Per, from English Person, from Middle English persoun, from Old French persone, from Medieval Latin persona, from Latin persลna, from Etruscan ๐Œ˜๐Œ„๐Œ“๐Œ”๐Œ–, from Ancient Greek ฯ€ฯฯŒฯƒฯ‰ฯ€ฮฟฮฝ โ€” to see; eye.

perboric (English): Relating to perboric acid and its derivatives

Definitions

  1. Relating to perboric acid and its derivatives

Ancestry of โ€œperboricโ€, step by step

perboric traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Per

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishPerFor each
2EnglishPersonAn individual who has been granted personhood; usually a human being
3Middle Englishpersounperson
4Old Frenchpersoneperson; individual; rector of a parish; someone;...
5Medieval Latinpersonaparson, person; mask; character
6Latinpersลnamask
7Etruscan๐Œ˜๐Œ„๐Œ“๐Œ”๐Œ–a mask; a masked individual, often performing in...
8Ancient Greekฯ€ฯฯŒฯƒฯ‰ฯ€ฮฟฮฝface, visage, countenance; front; mask
9Ancient Greekแฝคฯˆto the eye; in the face; eye
10Proto-Hellenicรณkสทseye
11Proto-Indo-Europeanhโ‚ƒรณkสทseye
12Proto-Indo-Europeanhโ‚ƒekสท-to see; eye

via English boric

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishboricOf, pertaining to, or containing the element...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European hโ‚ƒekสท- โ†’Every word from Proto-Indo-European hโ‚ƒรณkสทs โ†’Every word from Proto-Hellenic รณkสทs โ†’