Etymology of the English word porous
the English word
porousderived from the Old French word
poreuxderived from the French word
porederived 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 Medieval Latin word
porosus (porous)
derived 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-Derivations in English
microporousUsage
Word found in Modern English
