Where does “piurso” come from?

piurso (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese pior, from Old Portuguese peor, from Latin peior, from Latin malus, from Ancient Greek μηλέα, from Ancient Greek μῆλον, from Proto-Indo-European (s)meh₁l- — small animal”; small animal.

piurso (Portuguese): furious, extremely angry

Definitions

  1. furious, extremely angry

Ancestry of “piurso”, step by step

piurso traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Portuguese pior

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesepiorworse; worst; worse
2Old Portuguesepeor
3Latinpeiorworse
4Latinmalusunpleasant, distressing, painful, nasty, bad;...
5Ancient Greekμηλέαapple tree
6Ancient Greekμῆλονapple; any fruit from a tree; a woman's breast
7Proto-Indo-European(s)meh₁l-small animal”; small animal

via Portuguese urso

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueseursobear; unsociable person, misanthrope
2Latinursusa bear
3Proto-Italic*orsos
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)meh₁l-Every word from Ancient Greek μῆλονEvery word from Ancient Greek μηλέα