Where does “بور” come from?
بور (Persian) comes from French bore, from French borax, from English borax, from Middle English boras, from Anglo-Norman boreis, from Medieval Latin baurach, from Arabic بَوْرَق, from Persian بوره.
بور (Persian): fair, blonde; reddish brown, bay; brown
Definitions
- fair, blonde; reddish brown, bay; brown
Ancestry of “بور”, step by step
بور traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French bore
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | bore | boron |
| 2 | French | borax | borax |
| 3 | English | borax | A white or gray/grey crystalline salt, with a... |
| 4 | Middle English | boras | — |
| 5 | Anglo-Norman | boreis | — |
| 6 | Medieval Latin | baurach | borax |
| 7 | Arabic | بَوْرَق | — |
| 8 | Persian | بوره | borax; sugar |
| 9 | Middle Persian | bwlk' | — |
via Middle Persian bwl
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Persian | bwl | reddish-brown, bay; reddish-brown, bay, chestnut |
| 2 | Middle English | boule | — |
| 3 | Old French | boule | ball |
| 4 | Latin | bulla | a bubble; a swollen or bubble-shaped object,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |