pore (v.) Look up pore at Dictionary.com
c.1300, perhaps from O.E. *purian, suggested by spyrian "to investigate, examine," and spor "a trace, vestige."
pore (n.) Look up pore at Dictionary.com
1387, from L. porus "a pore," from Gk. poros "a pore," lit. "passage, way," from PIE *por- "going, passage," from base *per- "to lead, pass over" (see port (1)).