Where does “pear” come from?
pear (Galician) comes from Vulgar Latin pilare, from Latin pila, from Latin pīlus, from Latin pīlum, from Proto-Italic pistlom, from Proto-Indo-European pis-tlo-, from Proto-Indo-European peys- — to grind, to crush.
pear (Galician): pillar; window sill; one of several stone pillars...
Definitions
- pillar; window sill; one of several stone pillars...
Ancestry of “pear”, step by step