Where does “pera” come from?

pera (Old Norse) comes from Old English pere, from Latin pirum — a pear.

pera (Old Norse): pear tree

Definitions

  1. pear tree

Ancestry of “pera”, step by step

pera traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English pere

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishperepear
2Latinpiruma pear

via Vulgar Latin pira

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinpira—

Words derived from “pera”

Every word from Latin pirum →Every word from Old English pere →