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Where does “pored” come from?

Pored comes from Old English -od, Latin porus, Ancient Greek πόρος, and Proto-Indo-European -tós, ultimately denoting a small opening or passage.

pored (English): simple past tense and past participle of pore;...

Definitions

  1. simple past tense and past participle of pore;...

Ancestry of “pored”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishporeA tiny opening in the skin; By extension any...
2Middle Englishpore—
3Old Frenchporepore
4Latinporuspore, passage in the body; tufa
5Ancient Greekπόροςa means of passage, passageway, way, opening;...
6Ancient GreekπείρωI pierce, run through; I cleave through
7Proto-Hellenic*péryō—

Words derived from “pored”

  • multipored
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