Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryAny of certain plants of the family Fabaceae: Pisum sativum and others. · A plant, Pisum sativum, member of the legume (Fabaceae) family. · The edible seed of Pisum sativum. · The edible seed of various other pea plants.
Etymology tree Ancient Greek πίσον (píson)bor. Latin pisum Late Latin pisader. Old English pise Middle English pese English peasebf. English pea Back-formation from pease, an original singular reinterpreted as a plural. Further from Middle English pese (“a pea”), from Old English pise, from Latin pisa, pisum, from Ancient Greek πίσον (píson).
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