Etymology

pearmonger

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Today it means: A seller of pears; one who deals in pears. Full definition →

English monger ← Middle English pere ← Old English pere
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The story

  1. Vulgar Latinpira
  2. Proto-West Germanic*peru
  3. Old Englishpere
  4. Middle Englishpere
  5. Englishpear
  6. Englishmonger
  7. English todaypearmonger

From pear + monger.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.