Etymology of the English word pear
the English word
pearderived from the English word
perederived from the Old French word
perederived from the Old French word
pedrederived from the Late Latin word
pater (father)
derived from the Greek word
pater, πατήρ (father; a 'father' (literally or figuratively, near or more remote))
using the Proto-Indo-European prefix
pəter- (father)
derived from the Latin root
*piratumderived from the Classical Latin word
pirum (pear)
derived from the Latin root
*piraderived from the Classical Latin word
pirum (pear)
Derivations in English
pearwoodCognates
Dutch
peer, French
poire, German
Birne, Italian
pera, Latin
pirumUsage
Word found in Modern English
