Where does “pore” come from?
Pore comes from Middle English pore, from Old French pore, from Latin porus, from Ancient Greek πόρος meaning a passage or pore.
pore (English): A tiny opening in the skin; By extension any...
Definitions
- A tiny opening in the skin; By extension any...
Ancestry of “pore”, step by step
pore traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English pore
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle English | pore | — |
| 2 | Old French | pore | pore (small opening in skin) |
| 3 | Latin | porus | pore, passage in the body; tufa |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | πόρος | a means of passage, passageway, way, opening;... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | πείρω | I pierce, run through; I cleave through |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | *péryō | — |
via Middle English poren
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle English | poren | — |
| 2 | Old English | purian | to look into, investigate |
Words derived from “pore”