peer
Scots
/pir/
noun
Definitions
- pear fruit
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English pere (peer, pear, bridge pillar) inherited from Old English pere derived from Latin *pira, pirum (pear, a pear).
Origin
Latin
pirum
Gloss
pear, a pear
Concept
Semantic Field
Agriculture and vegetation
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
梨
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- pear English
- pier English
- *pira Latin
- *piratum Latin
- pera Latin
- pira Latin
- pirarius Latin
- pirum Latin
- pera Italian
- pere Old English
- peru Old English
- noumpere Middle English
- parage Middle English
- peere Middle English
- per Middle English
- pere Middle English
- pereles Middle English
- perer Middle English
- peres Middle English
- peretre Middle English
- perles Middle English
- pera Old Norse
- peire Old French
- pară Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- pēre Middle Dutch
- pera Old Portuguese
- pearã Aromanian
- pär Westrobothnian
- pair Romansh
- peir Romansh
- pér Romansh
- pera Asturian
- piruç Friulian
- pera Old Occitan
- pera Old Spanish
- per Breton
- paira Dalmatian