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Where does “puerve” come from?

puerve (Old Northern French) comes from Latin polypūs, from Ancient Greek πολύπους, from Ancient Greek πολῠ-, from Ancient Greek πολύς, from Ancient Greek πόρος, from Ancient Greek πείρω, from Proto-Hellenic *péryō.

Ancestry of “puerve”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpolypūs—
2Ancient Greekπολύπουςmany-footed
3Ancient Greekπολῠ-many; much, a lot
4Ancient Greekπολύςmany, a lot of; neuter πολύ or πολλά as...
5Ancient Greekπόροςa means of passage, passageway, way, opening;...
6Ancient GreekπείρωI pierce, run through; I cleave through
7Proto-Hellenic*péryō—

Words derived from “puerve”

  • piovra
  • pieuvre
  • pieuvre
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