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Where does “pore” come from?

pore (Old French) comes from Latin porus, from Ancient Greek πόρος, from Ancient Greek πείρω, from Proto-Hellenic *péryō.

pore (Old French): pore

Definitions

  1. pore

Ancestry of “pore”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinporuspore, passage in the body; tufa
2Ancient Greekπόροςa means of passage, passageway, way, opening;...
3Ancient GreekπείρωI pierce, run through; I cleave through
4Proto-Hellenic*péryō—

Words derived from “pore”

  • pore
  • poring
  • pored
  • electroporation
  • aquaporin
  • porewater
  • blastopore
  • nanopore
  • poration
  • micropore
  • porin
  • neuropore
  • macropore
  • mesopore
  • nucleoporin
  • interpore
  • poroid
  • pory
  • poreless
  • millipore
  • polypore
  • porelike
  • porer
  • nephridiopore
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