Where does “bezoar” come from?

bezoar (Spanish) comes from French bézoard, from Arabic بَازَهْر, from Middle Persian pʾtzhl, from Middle Persian pʾt, from Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎮𐎹, from Proto-Indo-Iranian paH-, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂- — to protect; to shepherd.

bezoar (Spanish): bezoar

Definitions

  1. bezoar

Ancestry of “bezoar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbézoardbezoar
2Arabicبَازَهْرbezoar
3Middle Persianpʾtzhlbezoar; antidote
4Middle Persianpʾt—
5Old Persian𐎱𐎠𐎮𐎹to protect
6Proto-Indo-IranianpaH-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂-to protect; to shepherd

Words derived from “bezoar”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian paH- →Every word from Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎮𐎹 →