myEtymology.com: English etymology of pore

1. Etymology of the English word pore

the English word pore

derived from the Latin word porus (passage)

derived from the Greek word poros, πόρος, πῶρος (hole; passage)

derived from the Greek word peirein

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *per-

derived from the French word purer

derived from the Latin word purare

derived from the Latin word purus (chaste, unpolluted by sex; plain; clear, limpid, free of mist; pure, clean, unsoiled)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *peuə-

Dutch paar, Dutch paren, Dutch porie, Dutch prei, English pair, French apparier, French paire, French pore, French poireau, German Paar, German paaren, German Pore, German Porree, Italian porro, Italian poro, Latin par, Latin porus, Latin porrum, Lithuanian pora, Lithuanian poras, Norwegian par, Norwegian pare, Norwegian pore, Norwegian purre, Polish para, Polish por, Provençal apariar, Russian пapa, Russian пopeй, Russian пopa, Spanish poro, Swedish par, Swedish para, Swedish por, Swedish purjolök, Yiddish por

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derived from the English word pore

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