Where does “pere” come from?
pere (Old English) comes from Latin pirum — a pear.
pere (Old English): pear
Definitions
- pear
Ancestry of “pere”, step by step
pere traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin pirum
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | pirum | a pear |
via Proto-West Germanic *peru
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-West Germanic | *peru | pear |