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Where does “pera” come from?

pera (Faroese) comes from Old Norse pera, from Old English pere, from Latin pirum — a pear.

pera (Faroese): pear; light bulb

Definitions

  1. pear; light bulb

Ancestry of “pera”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseperapear tree
2Old Englishpere—
3Latinpiruma pear

Words derived from “pera”

  • perutræ
Every word from Latin pirum →