phan
From Thai พาน (paan).
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Generalized from the suffix in cyclophane. Ultimately from Ancient Greek -φανής (-phanḗs), from φαίνω (phaínō, “to shine”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mentionphara
Borrowed from Hindi फरा (pharā).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordphare
From French phare. Doublet of Pharos and Hvar.
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Blend of pharmaceutical + farm.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂nyéti Proto-Hellenic *pʰáňňō Ancient Greek φᾰ(ν)- (phă(n)-) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Helleni
3 source sections · 2 relationship mentionsphasm
From Latin phasma or Ancient Greek φάσμα (phásma). See phase.
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The term derives from African American Vernacular English as a deliberate misspelling of the word fat.
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Imitative.
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Source etymology material for phen-; no narrative etymology was supplied in this snapshot.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordphene
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂nyéti Proto-Hellenic *pʰáňňō Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō)der. French phèneder. English phene Propos
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Clipping.
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From Ancient Greek φαιός (phaiós).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordpheon
Probably Old French.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordphet
Shortening.
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Attested since the early 17th century. An onomatopoeia for rapid exhalation, as one may make when a trying situation is over, or in order to get rid of an unpleasant odour. Compare Scots feuch, Spanish fu, Czech fuj, and
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionsphi
From Late Latin phi, from Ancient Greek φεῖ (pheî).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordphial
The noun is derived partly: * from Middle English fiole, phiole, phial (“small bowl or cup for liquids, etc.; flask”) [and other forms], from Middle French fiole, phiole [and other forms], and Old French fiole (modern Fr
2 source sections · 22 relationship mentionsphil-
From combining form of Ancient Greek φίλος (phílos, “beloved, dear”), φιλέω (philéō, “to love”), of unknown origin.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordphile
Clipping of pedophile.
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Borrowed from Vietnamese phin (“a filter”). Doublet of filter.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsphish
Back-formation from phishing.
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Clipping of physiognomy, late 17th c.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordphlog
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-der. Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle)lbor. French télé- Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der. Proto-Hellenic *pʰōnā́ Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ)der. French -phone French téléphonebor. English
3 source sections · 0 relationship mentionsphlox
From New Latin Phlox, from Ancient Greek φλόξ (phlóx, “flame”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordpho
Borrowed from Vietnamese phở.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordphobe
From -phobe.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordphoca
Borrowed from Latin phōca, from Ancient Greek φώκη (phṓkē).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsphone
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-der. Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle)lbor. French télé- Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der. Proto-Hellenic *pʰōnā́ Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ)der. French -phone French téléphonebor. English
3 source sections · 1 relationship mentionphonk
Alteration of funk.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordphono
Clippings.
2 source sections · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordphony
Of unknown origin. Perhaps an alteration of fawny (“gilt brass ring used by swindlers”) (1781), from Irish fáinne (“ring”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mentionphoo
Imitative; compare phew, faugh.
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Coined by André Blondel in 1921. See photo-.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo-
2 source sections · 0 relationship mentionsphrag
Shortening of Phragmites, genus of Phragmites australis.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordphren
From Ancient Greek φρήν (phrḗn, “mind; stomach, midriff”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordphrog
From English frog, a creature that hops from place to place. The inclusion of the “ph” in the spelling may be in reference to phishing, indicating the criminal nature of the activity.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsphub
Blend of phone + snub, coined by Adrian Mills at the McCann advertising agency in a brainstorming session in collaboration with the Macquarie Dictionary and a group of selected wordsmiths; subsequently widely promoted by
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsphuck
From the Latin script letter f being replaced by Ancient Greek φ (ph), pronounced /pʰ/ → /ɸ/ → /f/.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordphud
From humorously mispronouncing PhD as an acronym.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordphum
From Kmer ភូមិ.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordphut
Onomatopoeic.
2 source sections · 2 relationship mentionsphyle
From New Latin phȳlē, from Ancient Greek φῡλή (phūlḗ, “a union of individuals into a community”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordphyma
From Ancient Greek φῦμα (phûma).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordphysa
From the genus name Physa.
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From Koine Greek πῖ (pî), from Ancient Greek πεῖ (peî), ultimately from Proto-Semitic *pay- (“mouth”). Doublet of pe. Its mathematical use apparently stems from its use as the first letter in περιφέρεια (periphéreia, “pe
3 source sections · 3 relationship mentionspia
Etymology tree Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀambia Proto-Oceanic *ʀabia Proto-Polynesian *pia Hawaiian piabor. English pia Borrowed from Hawaiian pia.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionspiai
From a Cariban language, ultimately from Proto-Cariban *pɨjati; compare Kari'na pyjai, Trió pïjai, Akurio piyahi, Wayana pïjai, Yao (South America) peeiai (“shaman”).
1 source section · 5 relationship mentionspial
Etymology tree Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀambia Proto-Oceanic *ʀabia Proto-Polynesian *pia Hawaiian piabor. English pia Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ā
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionspian
Borrowed from Portuguese piã, Spanish pian, or French pian, said to be from a Tupi-Guarani word.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionspiano
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂-? Proto-Indo-European *pel-? Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₂nós Proto-Italic *plānos Latin plānus Italian piano Proto-Indo-Europ
2 source sections · 6 relationship mentionspibal
Shortening.
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Clipping of picture.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordpica
Borrowed from Latin pīca (“jay; magpie”). Doublet of pie (“magpie”). * (pathology): From the idea that magpies will eat almost anything.
2 source sections · 5 relationship mentionspicar
From Hindi [Term?].
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordpiccy
From pic + -y.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordpice
From Hindi पैसा (paisā, “money”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordpichi
From a native Brazilian language.
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Italian
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From Middle English piken, picken, pikken, from Old English *piccian, *pīcian (attested in pīcung (“a pricking”)), and pīcan, pȳcan (“to pick, prick, pluck”), both from Proto-West Germanic *pikkōn, from Proto-Germanic *p
1 source section · 12 relationship mentionspicky
Etymology tree English pick Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English picky From pick + -y.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionspico-
Etymology tree Proto-Celtic *bekkos Gaulish *bekkosbor.? Latin beccus Old Spanish bico Spanish picobor. English pico- Borrowed from Spanish pico (“beak, little bit, speck”)
1 source section · 1 relationship mentionpicon
Borrowed from French picon, named after inventor Gaétan Picon (1809–1882).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordpicot
From French picot, from piquer (“to prick”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordpicra
From Medieval Latin picra, from Ancient Greek πίκρα (píkra, “a kind of antidote”), from πικρός (pikrós, “sharp, bitter”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mentionpicul
From Malay pikul, with influence from earlier Dutch, Spanish, and Portuguese pico.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionspide
From Turkish pide, from Ottoman Turkish پیده (pide), پیته (pite), from Ancient Greek πίτα (píta), possibly from Aramaic פִּיתָּא (pītā, “piece of bread”). Doublet of pita and pizza.
1 source section · 6 relationship mentionspidge
Clipping of pigeonhole. First attested in the early 2000s; the verb is attested earlier than the noun.
2 source sections · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordpie
From Middle English pye, pie, pey (“baked dish, filled pastry”), possibly attested earlier (c. 1199) in the surname Piehus (“pie-house?”). Further origin uncertain. Relation to Middle English pie, pye (“magpie”) has been
6 source sections · 22 relationship mentionspiece
From Middle English pece, peece, peice, from Old French piece, from Late Latin pecia, petia (“broken piece, fragment; parcel of land”), of uncertain origin. Possibly ultimately from Gaulish *pettyā, from Proto-Celtic *kʷ
2 source sections · 30 relationship mentionspied
From archaic pie (“magpie”), from Old French pie, from Latin pica. Compare typologically Polish srokaty < sroka.
3 source sections · 3 relationship mentionspiem
Blend of pi + poem.
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Compare Danish pind (“a peg”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordpier
Inherited from Middle English pere (“bridge pillar, breakwater”), borrowed from either Anglo-Norman pere (“stone”, from Latin petra) or Old French *piere (Old Northern French pire, from either Late Latin *petricus or pēr
1 source section · 4 relationship mentionspiet
From pie + -ot, with later forms remodelled after -et.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordpiety
From Middle English piete, borrowed from Middle French pieté, from Latin pietās. See also the doublets pietà and pity. By surface analysis, pious + -ety.
1 source section · 6 relationship mentionspietà
From Italian pietà. Doublet of piety, and pity.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionspiezo
From the prefix piezo-.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordpiff
Onomatopoeic
3 source sections · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordpig
From Middle English pigge (“pig, piglet”) (originally a term for a young pig, with adult pigs being swyn (“swine”)), from Old English *picga, *pycga (attested in picgbrēad (“mast, pig-fodder”)), perhaps a diminutive of P
3 source sections · 20 relationship mentionspigg
Uncertain. Perhaps from pig (“swine”), due to the shape. Compare also Middle English pig (“a container for wine; the hide of a pig used as a wineskin”), from pigge (“pig”). More at pig.
1 source section · 1 relationship mentionpiggy
From pig + -y (diminutive suffix).
2 source sections · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordpigly
pig + -ly
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordpijon
Source etymology material for pijon; no narrative etymology was supplied in this snapshot.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordpika
From French, from an Evenki word which Peter Simon Pallas transcribes as piika or peeka, but which cannot be found in modern dictionaries. Probably ultimately onomatopoeic. Compare typologically German Pfeifhase (< pfeif
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionspikau
From Māori pīkau.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordpike
From Middle English pyke, pyk, pik, pike (“pike; sharp point, iron tip of a staff or spear, pointed toe of an item of footwear; sharp tool; mountain, peak”), from Old English pīc (“pointed object, pick axe”), and Middle
2 source sections · 16 relationship mentionspiker
From pike + -er. In some senses, it has been linked etymologically to the word pikey as well as to Pike County in eastern Missouri https://web.archive.org/web/20051111194645/http://www.yourdictionary.com/ahd/p/p0300200.h
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionspikey
From pike + -y.
2 source sections · 0 relationship mentionspiki
Borrowed from Hopi.
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From pike + -ie?
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordpikul
Borrowed from Malay pikul.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordpiky
pike + -y
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordpila
From Latin pīla (“mortar”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordpilaf
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish پلاو (modern Turkish pilav), from Classical Persian پلاو (pilāw), from Hindi पुलाव (pulāv)/Urdu پُلاؤ (pulāo), from Sauraseni Prakrit *𑀧𑀼𑀮𑀸𑀕 (*pulāga), from Sanskrit पुलाक (pulāka), whi
1 source section · 7 relationship mentionspilar
Learned borrowing from Latin pilāris, from Latin pilus (“a hair”) + -ar.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordpilau
Borrowed from Hawaiian pilau (“putrid”).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordpilch
From Middle English pilche, from Old English pylċe, pyleċe, from Late Latin pellicia. A doublet of pelisse; also see pelt (“skin”).
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionspile
From Middle English pyle, from Old French pile, from Latin pīla (“pillar, pier”).
6 source sections · 20 relationship mentionspiler
Etymology tree English pile Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-os? Proto-Indo-European *-o- Proto-Indo-European *-so- Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so- Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós P
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionspiles
From Latin pila (“ball”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordpili
Borrowed from Tagalog pili.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordpilin
From pilus + -in.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordpilk
Blend of Pepsi + milk. Although the drink itself dates to the 1970s sitcom Laverne & Shirley, the term pilk appears to have been coined in the late 2010s or early 2020s.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionspill
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pil-? Latin pilus? Latin pila Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ula Latin pilula, pillulabor. Middle Low German pilleder. Middle Dutch pil
3 source sections · 17 relationship mentionspilly
From pill + -y. In some cases, pill is a clipping of a longer word.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordpilm
Contraction of pillom, apparently from British English pylor (“dust”).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordpilo-
From Latin pilus (“hair”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordpilon
Borrowed from Spanish pilón.
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Ancient Greek [Term?]
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordpilot
From Middle French pilot, pillot, from Italian pilota, piloto, older also pedotta, pedot(t)o (the form in pil- is probably influenced by pileggiare (“to sail, navigate”)); ultimately from unattested Medieval Greek *πηδώτ
2 source sections · 6 relationship mentionspils
Shortening.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordpilum
Borrowed from Latin pilum. Doublet of pile.
1 source section · 3 relationship mentions · brief recordpilus
Learned borrowing from Latin pilus (“hair”). Doublet of pile.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordpily
From pile + -y.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordpima
Named in honor of the Pima Indians, who helped raise the cotton on USDA experimental farms in Arizona in the early 1900s.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionspimp
Origin unknown. Perhaps from French pimpant (“smart, sparkish”) or German Pimpf (“a boy, a youth, a young squirt”). The Old English near-synonym was rendered by Old English forspennend (literally “a solicitor”).
2 source sections · 11 relationship mentionspimpy
From pimp + -y.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordpin
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *pinnaz Proto-West Germanic *pinn Old English pinn Middle English pinne English pin From Middle English pinne, from Old English pinn (“pin, peg, bolt”), from Proto-Germanic *pinnaz, *pinnō,
2 source sections · 28 relationship mentionspinax
From Latin pinax, from Ancient Greek πίναξ (pínax, “tablet”).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionspinch
From Middle English pinchen, from Old Northern French *pinchier (compare Old French pincier, pincer (“to pinch”)), a word of uncertain origin, possibly from Vulgar Latin *pinciāre (“to puncture, pinch”), from a merger of
2 source sections · 8 relationship mentionspind
From Middle English pinden, penden, punden (also as poynen), from Old English *pyndan, ġepyndan (“to impound, shut up, inclose”), from Proto-West Germanic *pundijan (“to impound”). Doublet of poind. Related also to pond.
1 source section · 4 relationship mentionspinda
Borrowed from Sanskrit पिण्ड (piṇḍa).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordpine
From Middle English pyne, from Old English *pīne, from Proto-West Germanic *pīnā, from Latin pīnus, see there for more. Doublet of pinus. Possibly related to fat.
3 source sections · 20 relationship mentionspiner
From pine (“languish, grieve”) + -er.
3 source sections · 1 relationship mention · brief recordpinfu
From Japanese 平和 (pinfu).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordping
Partly onomatopoeic, and partly continuing Middle English pingen (“to push, shove, pierce, stab, prod, goad, urge, feel remorse, incite”), from Old English pyngan (“to prick”), in turn likely from pungere. Compare Englis
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionspingo
From Greenlandic pingu or Inuktitut pingu (“hummock, small hill”).
2 source sections · 2 relationship mentionspingy
From ping + -y.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordpinin
Acronym of PNN.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordpink
Origin uncertain; perhaps from Dutch pinken (“to blink”) or the English verb pink from the same source. Perhaps from the notion of the petals being pinked. An earlier word for similar flesh-like colors, mostly displaced
8 source sections · 6 relationship mentionspinko
From pink + -o, a variation of red (“Communist”, noun), as pink is a lighter, more diluted form.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionspinky
Etymology tree Dutch pinkenbor. English pink Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English pinky From pink + -y.
3 source sections · 6 relationship mentionspinna
From Latin pinna (“dorsal fin; wing, feather”). Doublet of pen, penna, and panne.
1 source section · 4 relationship mentionspinny
Clipping of pinafore + -y.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordpinot
Borrowed from French pinot, a type of wine or grapevine, from earlier pineau.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordpint
From Middle English pinte, from Old French pinte, assumed from Vulgar Latin *pincta (“a mark used to indicate a level of quantity against a larger measure”), from Latin picta (“painted”), from Latin pingō (“paint”, verb)
1 source section · 6 relationship mentionspinta
From the pronunciation of pint of milk. Compare cuppa.
3 source sections · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordpinto
Borrowed from Spanish pinto (“painted, mottled”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordpinup
Deverbal from pin up.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordpinus
From the genus name. Doublet of pine.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordpiny
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *poi-? Proto-Italic *pīnos Latin pīnusbor. Proto-West Germanic *pīnā Old English *pīne Middle English pyne English pine Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germani
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionspion
From pi + -on, as alteration of pi-meson.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordpious
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pewH- Proto-Italic *pīosder. Latin piusbor. English pious Borrowed from Latin pīus (“pious, dutiful, blessed, kind, devout”), from Proto-Indo-European *pewH- (“pure”). Cognate with Old
1 source section · 4 relationship mentionspip
From Middle English pippe, from Middle Dutch pip, from post-classical Latin pipita, from Latin pītuīta (“mucus, phlegm, head cold”). Doublet of pituita.
6 source sections · 8 relationship mentionspipa
From Mandarin 琵琶 (pípá). Doublet of bipa and biwa, and possibly barbat and barbitos.
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionspipe
From Middle English pīpe, pype (“hollow cylinder or tube used as a conduit or container; duct or vessel of the body; musical instrument; financial records maintained by the English Exchequer, pipe roll”), from Old Englis
2 source sections · 28 relationship mentionspiper
From Middle English piper, pipere; equivalent to pipe + -er. Piecewise doublet of fifer.
2 source sections · 1 relationship mention · brief recordpipes
(vocal capacity): As if one's lungs were composed of pipework.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordpipi
Borrowed from Māori pipi (“Paphies australis”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordpippy
From pip + -y.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordpipra
From the genus name.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordpipy
From pipe + -y.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordpique
The verb is borrowed from French piquer (“to prick, sting; to anger, annoy; (reflexive) to get angry; to provoke, stimulate; (reflexive) to boast about”), from Middle French piquer, picquer (“to prick, sting; to anger, a
5 source sections · 20 relationship mentionspiqué
Borrowed from French piqué (“(noun) ribbed fabric; (ballet) step on to the point of the leading foot without bending the knee; (adjective) backstitched; (cooking) larded”), Middle French piqué (“quilted”), a noun use of
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionspir
From Persian پیر (pir).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordpirai
Borrowed from Spanish piraya.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordpirl
The verb is from the 16th century. Origin uncertain; related to purl, pirn, prill (OED; more at pern, preen). The noun was derived from the verb in the 19th century.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionspirn
Perhaps from prin (“twig, shoot”), variant of prene (“spike, nail”), from Old English preon, from Proto-Germanic *preunaz (“knitting needle”).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionspirog
Borrowed from Russian пиро́г (piróg). Doublet of pierog/pieróg. For the plurals ending in n, see Yiddish פּיראָג (pirog).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionspirot
Introduced by British philosopher Paul Grice, who took the word from Rudolf Carnap's example sentence "Pirots karulize elatically".
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionspisco
Etymology tree Quechua pisquder. Spanish Pisco Spanish piscobor. English pisco Borrowed from Spanish pisco, from the name of the city Pisco, from Quechua pishku, pisqu.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionspish
Expressive; perhaps partly from Scots pish (“piss”).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordpiso
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend- Proto-Indo-European *(s)péndeti Proto-Italic *pendō Latin pendō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-sos Latin -sus Latin -um Latin -sum Latin pēnsum Vulgar Latin *pēsum O
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionspiss
From Middle English pisse (noun) and pissen (verb), from Old French pissier, possibly from Vulgar Latin *pīssiāre, probably of imitative origin. Compare Old Norse pissa (“to urinate, piss”). Displaced Old English miċġe (
1 source section · 4 relationship mentionspissy
Etymology tree English piss Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English pissy From piss + -y.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionspiste
Borrowed from French piste.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordpisé
From French pisé, from piser (“to stamp, pound”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordpit
Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *puti Old English pytt Middle English pit English pit From Middle English pit, pet, püt, from Old English pytt, from Proto-West Germanic *puti, from Latin puteus (“trench, pit, well”),
4 source sections · 9 relationship mentionspita
From Greek πίτα (píta, “pie”), more at pizza. Doublet of pide and pizza.
2 source sections · 4 relationship mentionspitch
From Middle English picche, piche, pich, from Old English piċ, from Proto-West Germanic *pik, from Latin pix. Cognate with Ancient Greek πίσσα (píssa, “pitch, tar”), Latin pīnus (“pine”). More at pine. Cognate with Sater
5 source sections · 40 relationship mentionspites
Borrowed from Greek πίτες (pítes).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordpith
The noun is derived from Middle English pith, pithe (“soft interior; pith, pulp”) [and other forms], from Old English piþa [and other forms], from Proto-Germanic *piþô, from earlier *piþō (oblique *pittan); further etymo
2 source sections · 9 relationship mentionspithy
From Middle English pithy, pythy, equivalent to pith + -y.
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionspiti
From Azerbaijani piti, to which compare Armenian պուտուկ (putuk).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionspito
Borrowed from Spanish pito (“penis”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordpiton
Etymology tree Occitan pitt- French -on French pitonbor. English piton Borrowed from French piton (“nail”).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordpitot
After Henri Pitot.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordpitta
Borrowed from Telugu పిట్ట (piṭṭa).
2 source sections · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordpitty
Etymology tree English pit(bull) Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij- Proto-West Germanic *-i, *-ī Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English pitty From pit(bull) + -y.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionspity
From Middle English pitye, pitie, pittye, pitee, pite, from Anglo-Norman pité, pittee etc., from Old French pitet, pitié, from Latin pietās. See also the doublets pietà and piety.
1 source section · 6 relationship mentionspivo
From Russian пи́во (pívo), Czech and Slovak pivo.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordpivot
From Middle English pevet, *pivot, from Old French pivot (“hinge pin, pivot”) (12th c.), possibly from Latin pūgiō.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionspiwi
Short for P-element induced wimpy testis in Drosophila.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordpix
Abbreviation of pictures, first used in Variety in 1916, along with other similar words that the magazine calls slanguage.
2 source sections · 0 relationship mentionspix0r
From pic + -0r.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordpixel
pix (“pictures”), + el(ement); often taken to be a blend of “picture” and “element”. The ⟨x⟩ stems from the abbreviation pics being sometimes also written as pix, which has been in use since the 1880s. First attested in
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionspixie
Uncertain; 17thC, originally in the folklore of southwest England; perhaps diminutive of dialectal Swedish pysk (“fairy”), though the transmission of a Swedish dialect term to southwest Britain is unexplained; perhaps Pu
1 source section · 1 relationship mentionpixiu
Borrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 貔貅 (píxiū).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordpiyag
From Cebuano payag.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordpize
Unknown; perhaps a variant of pest, pox.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordpizer
From Italian piazza (“public or market square”), just like the term piazza (“front porch”) which is used in New England dialects.
1 source section · 1 relationship mentionpizza
First attested in 1931, borrowed from Neapolitan pizza (1590), of uncertain origin. Possibly related to Medieval Greek πίτα (píta, “cake, pie”), attested in 1107 and itself of uncertain origin. The northern Italian diale
1 source section · 10 relationship mentionspizze
English irregular plural forms are usually from the plural form of the singular form’s etymon, which is Neapolitan pizze, the plural of pizza; however, it is much more likely to have been borrowed from Italian pizze, due
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionspiña
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *poi-? Proto-Italic *pīnos Latin pīnus Proto-Indo-European *-éyos Proto-Italic *-ejos Proto-Italic *-eos Latin -eus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Italic *-ā L
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionspiñon
Borrowed from Spanish piñón.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordplaas
From Afrikaans plaas (“farm”). Doublet of place, piazza, and plaza.
1 source section · 4 relationship mentionsplace
From Middle English place, conflation of Old English plæċe (“place, an open space, street”) and Old French place (“place, an open space”), both from Latin platēa (“plaza, wide street”), from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα (plateî
2 source sections · 17 relationship mentionsplack
From Middle Dutch placke (“name of a coin”). Cognate with Old High German pleh, bleh (“a thin leaf of metal, plate”). Compare plaque.
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