Etymology of the English word perry
the English word
perryderived 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)
Usage
Word found in Modern English