mid-14c., percer "pointed tool, that which pierces;" early 15c., "one who pierces," agent noun from pierce (v.) or from Old French percëior.
Piedmont
piepowder
pier
pierce
pierced
piercer
piercing
Pierian
Pierre
pierrot
Piers
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