| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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Appendix I
Indo-European Roots |
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| ENTRY: | perd- |
| DEFINITION: | To fart. 1. fart, from Old English *feortan, to fart, from Germanic *fertan, *fart n. 2. partridge, from Greek perdix, partridge (which makes a sharp whirring sound when suddenly flushed). (Pokorny perd- 819.) Compare pezd-. |
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