Where does “pericemental” come from?
pericemental (English) comes from English peri, from Ottoman Turkish پری, from Persian پری, from Persian پر, from Middle Persian purr, from Proto-Iranian pr̥Hnáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian pr̥Hnás, from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nós — to fill.
pericemental (English): Around the cement of a tooth
Definitions
- Around the cement of a tooth
Ancestry of “pericemental”, step by step
pericemental traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English peri
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | peri | A sprite or supernatural being |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | پری | fairy |
| 3 | Persian | پری | sprite or supernatural being in Iranian/Persian... |
| 4 | Persian | پر | full; feather; wing |
| 5 | Middle Persian | purr | — |
| 6 | Proto-Iranian | pr̥Hnáh | full, filled |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | pr̥Hnás | full, filled |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pl̥h₁nós | full |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₁- | to fill |
via English cemental
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cemental | Of or pertaining to cement, as of a tooth |
| 2 | English | cement | A powdered substance produced by firing calcium... |
| 3 | Middle English | syment | Cement, mortar, or a similar substance used in... |
| 4 | Old French | ciment | — |
| 5 | Latin | caementum | rough stone from the quarry; chips of marble;... |
| 6 | Latin | caedō | to cut, hew, fell |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kaidō | to cut, to hew, to fell |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂id- | — |