Where does “madrepora” come from?
madrepora (Italian) comes from Latin porus, from Ancient Greek πόρος, from Ancient Greek πείρω, from Proto-Hellenic *péryō.
madrepora (Italian): madrepore
Ancestry of “madrepora”, step by step
madrepora traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin porus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | porus | pore, passage in the body; tufa |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | πόρος | a means of passage, passageway, way, opening;... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | πείρω | I pierce, run through; I cleave through |
| 4 | Proto-Hellenic | *péryō | — |
via Latin māter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | māter | mother female parent |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | ἄρχω | To begin; To lead, rule, govern, command; To be... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ergʰ- | to begin; to command, rule; to begin, rule,... |
Words derived from “madrepora”