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
late 14c., 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)).