Where does “perishable” come from?
Perishable comes from Middle English perisable, from Old French perir, meaning to perish or pass away.
perishable (English): That which perishes or is short-lived; food that...
Definitions
- That which perishes or is short-lived; food that...
Ancestry of “perishable”, step by step
perishable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English perish
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | perish | To decay and disappear; to waste away to nothing;... |
| 2 | Middle English | perishen | — |
| 3 | Old French | perir | to die; to perish |
| 4 | Latin | pereō | to perish, pass away, die, be ruined |
| 5 | Latin | eō | to go, to fare, to move (oneself) (any kind of animate or inanimate motion: walk, ride, sail, fly, etc.) |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | eō | I go |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | ejō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁éyti | to go, to be going |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ey- | to go |
via Middle English persishable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | persishable | — |