Where does “peras” come from?
peras (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese pera, from Old Portuguese pera, from Latin per, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.
peras (Portuguese): plural of pera
Definitions
- plural of pera
Ancestry of “peras”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | pera | pear; just a minute; wait |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | pera | for, towards; pear |
| 3 | Latin | per | through, by means of; throughout, during |
| 4 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 5 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 6 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 7 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |