Where does “Pereira brava” come from?
Pereira brava (Galician) comes from Galician pereira, from Galician pera, from Old Portuguese pera, from Latin per, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle.
Pereira brava (Galician): Plymouth pear
Ancestry of “Pereira brava”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Galician | pereira | pear tree |
| 2 | Galician | pera | pear |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | pera | for, towards; pear |
| 4 | Latin | per | through, by means of; throughout, during |
| 5 | Latin | Ad | — |
| 6 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 7 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 8 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | — |