noun, masculine/feminine/pɛʁs/plural: Perses
Persian person
Synonyms: Persan, Persane
Etymology tree
Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (p-a-r-s /pārsa/)bor.
Ancient Greek Πέρσης (Pérsēs)bor.
Latin Persēs/Persabor.
Middle French Perse
French Perse
Inherited from Middle French Perse, from Latin Persēs/Persa, from Ancient Greek Πέρσης (Pérsēs), from Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (p-a-r-s /pārsa/).
proper noun/pɛʁs/
Persia
Etymology tree
Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (p-a-r-s /pārsa/)bor.
Ancient Greek Πέρσης (Pérsēs)bor.
Latin Persēs/Persa
Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós
Proto-Italic *-ijos
Proto-Italic *-ios
Old Latin -ios
Latin -ius
Latin -ia
Latin Persiabor.
Middle French Perse
French Perse
Inherited from Middle French Perse, from Latin Persia, from Persēs/Persa (“Persian man”) + -ia (suffix forming country names), literally “land of the Persians”, with the first element borrowed by Latin from Ancient Greek Πέρσης (Pérs