Where does “ipere” come from?

ipere (Xhosa) comes from English pear, from Middle English pere, from Old English pere, from Latin pirum — a pear.

ipere (Xhosa): pear

Definitions

  1. pear

Ancestry of “ipere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpearAn edible fruit produced by the pear tree,...
2Middle EnglishpereA pear; A thing of little import or worth; A...
3Old Englishperepear
4Latinpiruma pear
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