Where does “pereira” come from?
pereira (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.
pereira (Portuguese): pear tree
Definitions
- pear tree
Ancestry of “pereira”, 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 |