Where does “por” come from?
por (Romanian) comes from French pore, from Old French pore, from Latin porus, from Ancient Greek πόρος, from Ancient Greek πείρω, from Proto-Hellenic *péryō.
por (Romanian): pore; leek; sand leek
Definitions
- pore; leek; sand leek
Ancestry of “por”, step by step
por traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French pore
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | pore | pore; by extension, small openings |
| 2 | Old French | pore | pore (small opening in skin) |
| 3 | Latin | porus | pore, passage in the body; tufa |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | πόρος | a means of passage, passageway, way, opening;... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | πείρω | I pierce, run through; I cleave through |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | *péryō | — |
via Latin porrus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | porrus | leek; a leek |