Pereira.
a surname
Meaning & usage
a surname
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Latin pirumder. Vulgar Latin *pira Old Galician-Portuguese pera Portuguese pera Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Italic *-ā Latin -a Latin -āria Old Galician-Portuguese -eira Portuguese -eira Portuguese pereira Pre-Greekder.? Ancient Greek πέτρᾱ (pétrā)bor. Latin petra Old Galician-Portuguese pedra Portuguese pedra ▲ Portuguese -eira Portuguese pedreirader. Portuguese Pereira From pereira (“pear tree”), or from a variant of pedreira (cf. Pero and Pedro). Compare Spanish Perera and Catalan Perer.
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