English

Republic of Peru

From republic + of + Peru.

A compound of republic + of + Peru

Latin rēspūblica ‘a republic, commonwealth’

Middle French republique

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep

…

Proto-West Germanic *ab

Old English æf

Old English of ‘from’

Middle English of

English of

Spanish Perú

English Peru

Today it means

name Official name of Peru: a country in South America.

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

Etymograph / Republic of Peru