Etymology of the English word millepore
the English word
milleporederived from the New Latin word
milleporederived from the Latin word
mille (thousand; thousand; a thousand; thousand; thousands)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*ghesloderived from the Latin word
Milleporaderived from the Latin word
porus (passage)
derived from the Greek word
poros, πόρος, πῶρος (hole; passage)
derived from the Greek word
peireinderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*per-derived from the Latin word
mille (thousand; thousand; a thousand; thousand; thousands)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*ghesloDate
The earliest known usage of millepore in English dates from the 18th century.
Usage
Word found in Modern English
