Where does “pēre” come from?

pēre (Middle Dutch) comes from Latin pira, from Latin pirum — a pear.

pēre (Middle Dutch): pear

Definitions

  1. pear

Ancestry of “pēre”, step by step

pēre traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin pira

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpira—
2Latinpiruma pear

via Vulgar Latin pira

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinpira—

Words derived from “pēre”

Every word from Latin pirum →Every word from Latin pira →