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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
2TranslingualDiospyros—
3Ancient Greekδιόσπυρος—
4Ancient Greekπυρόςwheat; a grain of wheat; genitive singular of πῦρ
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanpuHróswheat
6Proto-Indo-EuropeanpewH-to be clean, pure
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