{"era":"current","word":"pier","meaning":"A structure built out over water.","children":[{"era":"1100s","word":"pere","meaning":"mole, breakwater, jetty","children":[{"era":null,"word":"(uncertain origin, possibly Vulgar Latin *petra 'stone' or Germanic *peraz 'pile, post')","meaning":null,"children":[],"language":"various"}],"language":"Old French"}],"language":"Modern English"}