Etymology Explorer › Abenaki

Where does “biches” come from?

biches (Abenaki) comes from English peaches, from English peach, from Middle English pechen, from Anglo-Norman anpecher, from Late Latin impedico, from Latin pedica, from Latin pes, from Proto-Italic pets — to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall.

biches (Abenaki): peach

Definitions

  1. peach

Ancestry of “biches”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishpeachesplural of peach; Third-person singular simple...
2EnglishpeachA tree , native to China and now widely...
3Middle Englishpechen—
4Anglo-Normananpecher—
5Late Latinimpedicoentangle; I fetter; I entangle
6Latinpedicashackle, fetter; snare
7Latinpesa foot, "in its senses as"; a place to tread...
8Proto-Italicpets—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpṓdsfoot
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpóds—
11Proto-Indo-Europeanped-to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall

Words derived from “biches”

  • bichesakwam
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ped- →