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English word origin

Etymology of peery

From peer + -y.

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Source etymology 1

Original entry ↗
adj

That tends to peer; prying, inquisitive, curious. · Of or pertaining to peers or the peerage.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From peer + -y.

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Source etymology 2

Original entry ↗
noun

spinning top

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Etymology tree Vulgar Latin pirabor. Proto-West Germanic *peru Old English pere Middle English pere Scots peer Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y Scots -ie Scots peeriebor. English peery Borrowed from Scots peerie.

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