Where does “pera” come from?

pera (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese pera, from Latin per, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.

pera (Portuguese): pear; just a minute; wait

Definitions

  1. pear; just a minute; wait

Ancestry of “pera”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portugueseperafor, towards; pear
2Latinperthrough, by means of; throughout, during
3LatinAdtoward, to
4Latinilliche, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that...
5Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
6LatinolleArchaic form of ille
7Proto-Italic*olnosthat

Words derived from “pera”

Every word from Proto-Italic *olnos →Every word from Latin olle →Every word from Latin ille →