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Where does “pera” come from?

pera (Old Occitan) comes from Vulgar Latin pira, from Latin pirum — a pear.

Ancestry of “pera”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinpira—
2Latinpiruma pear

Words derived from “pera”

  • Perera
  • perer
  • perera
  • peres
  • pera
  • Perera
  • pera
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