Etymograph

English

Pirani

Pirani may come from Italian Pirani.

  1. Italianc. 1300–presentPiraniuncertain
  2. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Italianc. 1300–presentPiraniuncertain
  2. Englishtodaysame form

The story

Borrowed from either Italian Pirani or Persian پیرانی; the gauge is named after Marcello Stefano Pirani, a German physicist (1880–1968).

Today it means

name A surname.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Italian Pirani / Pirani