LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
preposition

pōr

pōr

Meaning

  1. Late Latinfor

por, for puer, i. e. servus;
I. e. g. Marcipor, Lucipor, etc., i. e. servus Marci, etc., Prisc. 6.—Thus also pora for puera, i. e. serva, Inscr. Rein. Class. 17, n. 180.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*pér
  4. Latinpōr

Proto-Indo-European *próder. Proto-Italic *prō Latin prō Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Italic *per Latin per blend Latin pōr Seemingly a blend of prō + per. Attested in an imperial inscription from what is now Budapest and another from Tunis.

Ibero-Romance
  • Portugueseporfrom Old Galician-Portuguese por
  • Spanishpor
  • Asturianpor
  • Falaporfrom Old Galician-Portuguese por
  • Galicianporfrom Old Galician-Portuguese por
  • Gasconporfrom Spanish por
Gallo-Romance
  • Frenchpourfrom Old French por
  • Franco-Provençalpor
  • Franco-Provençalpô
  • Normanpouorfrom Old French por
  • Normanpourfrom Old French por
  • Old Occitanpor
Borrowings
  • Esperantopor

Quick answers

What does pōr mean in Latin?
pōr, a preposition, means “for”.
Where does pōr come from?
Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? → Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? → Proto-Indo-European *pér → Latin pōr.