Etymology

perry

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Today it means: A fermented alcoholic beverage made from pears, similar to hard apple cider. Full definition →

Middle English perre ← Old French peré ← Vulgar Latin *piratum
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  1. Latin · derived frompirum
  2. Vulgar Latin · derived from*piratum
  3. Old French · derived fromperé
  4. Middle English · inherited fromperre
  5. English todayperry

From Middle English perre; from Old French peré; from Vulgar Latin *piratum; from Latin pirum.

Words from the same roots

Latinpirum all →

pearpiroplasma

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