pierce

Bedeutung (Englisch)

Frequenz

B2
Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/pɪɹs/
Etymologie (Englisch)

In summary

From Middle English perce, from conjugated forms of Old French percier such as (jeo) pierce (“I pierce”), probably from Vulgar Latin *pertūsiō, from Latin pertūsus, past participle of pertundō (“thrust or bore through”), from per- (“through”) + tundō (“beat, pound”). Displaced native Old English þȳrlian (literally “to hole”).

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