peer
English
/pɪə/, /piɹ/, /pɪə/, /piɹ/, /piː.ə/, /pi.ɚ/
verb
Definitions
- (intransitive) To look with difficulty, or as if searching for something.
- (intransitive) To come in sight; to appear.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English piren (peer) derived from Saterland Frisian pierje (look) derived from Dutch Low Saxon piren (look) derived from West Flemish pieren (look with narrowed eyes, squint at) derived from Dutch, Flemish pieren (examine, look closely at).
Origin
Dutch (Brabantic)
pieren
Gloss
examine, look closely at
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- nonpeer English
- outpeer English
- overpeer English
- peerage English
- peercast English
- peerdom English
- peerer English
- peeress English
- peerest English
- peereth English
- peerless English
- peerlessly English
- peerlessness English
- peership English
- peery English
- superpeer English
- ultrapeer English
- unpeerable English
- pierement Dutch, Flemish
- pieren Dutch, Flemish
- perage Middle English
- pereles Middle English
- piren Middle English
- pierje Saterland Frisian
- pieren West Flemish
- piren Dutch Low Saxon