Where does “peretta” come from?

peretta (Italian) comes from Italian pera, from Vulgar Latin pira, from Latin pirum — a pear.

peretta (Italian): rubber syringe

Definitions

  1. rubber syringe

Ancestry of “peretta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianperapear; fix
2Vulgar Latinpira—
3Latinpiruma pear
Every word from Latin pirum →Every word from Vulgar Latin pira →Every word from Italian pera →