Etymology

peary

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Today it means: Resembling pears, pear-like. Full definition →

English pear ← 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. English todaypeary

From pear + -y.

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