Where does “pera” come from?

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

pera (Icelandic): pear; light bulb

Definitions

  1. pear; light bulb

Ancestry of “pera”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseperapear tree
2Old Englishperepear
3Latinpiruma pear

Words derived from “pera”

Every word from Latin pirum →Every word from Old English pere →Every word from Old Norse pera →