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
Ancestry of “perimetro”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | peri | plural of pero |
| 2 | Italian | pero | pear tree |
| 3 | Latin | pirus | a pear-tree |
| 4 | Malay | firus | — |
| 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 | — |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | ped- | to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall |
Words derived from “perimetro”