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
- simple past tense and past participle of pore;...
Ancestry of “pored”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pore | A tiny opening in the skin; By extension any... |
| 2 | Middle English | pore | — |
| 3 | Old French | pore | pore (small opening in skin) |
| 4 | Latin | porus | pore, passage in the body; tufa |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | πόρος | a means of passage, passageway, way, opening;... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πείρω | I pierce, run through; I cleave through |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | *péryō | — |