Where does “madrepore” come from?
madrepore (Italian) comes from Italian madrepora, from Latin porus, from Ancient Greek πόρος, from Ancient Greek πείρω, from Proto-Hellenic *péryō.
madrepore (Italian): plural of madrepora
Ancestry of “madrepore”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | madrepora | madrepore |
| 2 | Latin | porus | pore, passage in the body; tufa |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | πόρος | a means of passage, passageway, way, opening;... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | πείρω | I pierce, run through; I cleave through |
| 5 | Proto-Hellenic | *péryō | — |