Where does “diospireiro” come from?

diospireiro (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese dióspiro, from Translingual Diospyros, from Ancient Greek διόσπυρος, from Ancient Greek πυρός, from Proto-Indo-European puHrós, from Proto-Indo-European pewH- — to be clean, pure.

diospireiro (Portuguese): persimmon

Definitions

  1. persimmon

Ancestry of “diospireiro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesedióspiropersimmon
2TranslingualDiospyrosgenus
3Ancient Greekδιόσπυρος—
4Ancient Greekπυρόςwheat; a grain of wheat; genitive singular of πῦρ
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanpuHróswheat
6Proto-Indo-EuropeanpewH-to be clean, pure
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pewH- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European puHrós →Every word from Ancient Greek πυρός →