Where does “perier” come from?
perier (Old French) comes from Vulgar Latin pirarius, from Latin pirus, from Malay firus, from Persian فیروزه, from Classical Persian پیروزه, from Turkic Turkic, from English sarapa, from Persian سراپا — to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall.
Ancestry of “perier”, step by step
perier traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vulgar Latin pirarius
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vulgar Latin | pirarius | a pear-tree |
| 2 | Latin | pirus | a pear-tree |
| 3 | Malay | firus | turquoise |
| 4 | Persian | فیروزه | turquoise |
| 5 | Classical Persian | پیروزه | turquoise |
| 6 | Turkic | Turkic | — |
| 7 | English | sarapa | A robe of honour |
| 8 | Persian | سراپا | from head to toe |
| 9 | Persian | پا | leg, foot; with |
| 10 | Old Persian | 𐎱𐎠𐎭 | foot |
| 11 | Proto-Iranian | pā́dah | foot |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | pā́ts | foot |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | pṓds | foot |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | póds | foot |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | ped- | to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall |