The story
- Latin · derived fromporus
- Latin · derived frommater
- Italian · derived frommadrepora
- French · derived frommadrépore
- English todaymadrepore
From French madrépore, from Italian madrepora (from madre (“mother”)), from Latin mater + poro (“pore”), from Latin porus.
Words from the same roots
Latinmater all →
matermatriarchmatriarchymatri-matroclinousphycomater
Latinporus all →
porousporeporiform
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.