Pour
/pɔːr/noun
To flow or cause to flow in a stream or continuous stream.
Did you know?English pour comes through Old French from Latin por- / prō-, a prefix tied to the idea of moving forward, and its history is bound to the language of directed flow rather than any occult meaning.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*per-
“to go through, forward, beyond”
Latin
Latin
prō
“forward, in front of, on behalf of”
Old French
Old French
porrer / porer
“to pour, cause to flow”
Middle English
English
pouren
“to pour, flow out”
Modern English
English
pour
“to cause liquid or a substance to flow in a stream”