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Where does “peire” come from?

peire (Norman) comes from Old French peire, from Vulgar Latin pira, from Latin pirum — a pear.

peire (Norman): pear

Definitions

  1. pear

Ancestry of “peire”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchpeire—
2Vulgar Latinpira—
3Latinpiruma pear
Every word from Latin pirum →