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Where does “por” come from?

por (Vulgar Latin) comes from Latin prō, from Latin ratus, from Latin rēōr, from Proto-Italic rēōr, from Proto-Indo-European h₂reh₁-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂er- — to fit, to fix, to put together.

por (Vulgar Latin): for

Definitions

  1. for

Ancestry of “por”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinprō—
2Latinratusconsidered, having been considered; established,...
3Latinrēōr—
4Proto-Italicrēōrto reckon, to calculate; to think, to deem, to...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂reh₁-to think, reason; to arrange
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together

Words derived from “por”

  • pure
  • purely
  • purity
  • purer
  • purist
  • purebred
  • pureness
  • purism
  • ultrapure
  • pureblood
  • pureblooded
  • enantiopure
  • puristic
  • epuration
  • unpure
  • pureplay
  • nonpure
  • enantiopurity
  • puristically
  • hyperpure
  • radiopure
  • radiopurity
  • puristical
  • purparty
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