Where does “poro” come from?
poro (Italian) comes from Latin porus, from Ancient Greek πόρος, from Ancient Greek πείρω, from Proto-Hellenic *péryō.
poro (Italian): pore
Ancestry of “poro”, step by step
poro 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 Italian povero
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | povero | poor; poor man, pauper; the poor, the needy, poor... |
| 2 | Latin | pauperem | accusative masculine singular of pauper;... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₂w- | few, little; smallness |
Words derived from “poro”