Etymology

pearlike

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Today it means: Resembling or characteristic of a pear. Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English pear
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The story

  1. Vulgar Latinpira
  2. Proto-West Germanic*peru
  3. Old Englishpere
  4. Middle Englishpere
  5. Englishpear
  6. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  7. Proto-Germanic*līką
  8. English todaypearlike

From pear + -like.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.