Where does “perimetro” come from?
perimetro (Italian) comes from Italian peri, from Italian pero, from Latin pirus, from Malay firus, from Persian فیروزه, from Classical Persian پیروزه, from Turkic Turkic, from English sarapa — to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall.
perimetro (Italian): perimeter
Definitions
- perimeter
Ancestry of “perimetro”, step by step
perimetro traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian peri
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | peri | plural of pero |
| 2 | Italian | pero | pear tree |
| 3 | Latin | pirus | a pear-tree |
| 4 | Malay | firus | turquoise |
| 5 | Persian | فیروزه | turquoise |
| 6 | Classical Persian | پیروزه | turquoise |
| 7 | Turkic | Turkic | — |
| 8 | English | sarapa | A robe of honour |
| 9 | Persian | سراپا | from head to toe |
| 10 | Persian | پا | leg, foot; with |
| 11 | Old Persian | 𐎱𐎠𐎭 | foot |
| 12 | Proto-Iranian | pā́dah | foot |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | pā́ts | foot |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | pṓds | foot |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | póds | foot |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | ped- | to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall |
via Italian metro
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | metro | metre, meter; ruler, ruler, measure; yardstick,... |
| 2 | French | métro | metro; subway US, underground UK, Tube UK |
| 3 | French | métropolitain | metropolitan; subway, underground; Person from... |
| 4 | Latin | mētropolītānus | metropolitan |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | μητροπολίτης | metropolitan |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | μητρόπολις | mother-state; one's mother-city, mother country,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | πόλις | city; a whole country, as dependent on and called... |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | ptólis | city |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | tpólHis | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | tpelH- | fortification, city |