pier

The story

1. Late Latin · derived from*petricus
2. Old Northern French · derived frompire
3. Old French · derived from*piere
4. Anglo-Norman · derived frompere“stone”
5. Latin · derived frompetra
6. Middle English · inherited frompere“bridge pillar, breakwater”
7. English todaypier

Inherited from Middle English pere (“bridge pillar, breakwater”), borrowed from either Anglo-Norman pere (“stone”, from Latin petra) or Old French *piere (Old Northern French pire, from either Late Latin *petricus or pēra "satchel"); compare Medieval Latin pira.

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