See Perse in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nOld Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (p-a-r-s /pārsa/)bor.\nAncient Greek Πέρσης (Pérsēs)bor.\nLatin Persēs/Persa\nProto-Indo-European *-(i)yós\nProto-Italic *-ijos\nProto-Italic *-ios\nOld Latin -ios\nLatin -ius\nLatin -ia\nLatin Persiabor.\nMiddle French Perse\nFrom 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 (Pérsēs), itself borrowed from Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (p-a-r-s /pārsa/). By surface analysis, Perse (“Persian”) + -ie.\nThe Latin suffix -ia was muted in French because it was unstressed, in this term as in Græce (from Latin Graecia) or France (from Latin Francia). Compare the learned doublet Persie.",
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"args": {
"1": "frm",
"2": "proper noun",
"3": "",
"4": "{{{pl}}}",
"g": "f",
"g2": "",
"head": "",
"sort": ""
},
"expansion": "Perse f",
"name": "head"
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},
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"name": "frm-proper noun"
}
],
"lang": "Middle French",
"lang_code": "frm",
"pos": "name",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"Persia"
],
"links": [
[
"Persia",
"Persia"
]
],
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{
"tags": [
"alternative"
],
"word": "Persie"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "Perside"
}
],
"tags": [
"feminine"
]
}
],
"word": "Perse"
}
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