Where does “pip” come from?

pip (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch pip, from Latin pipita, from Latin pītuīta — mucus, phlegm.

pip (Dutch): Pip (any of various respiratory diseases in birds, especially infectious coryza)

Definitions

  1. Pip (any of various respiratory diseases in birds, especially infectious coryza)

Ancestry of “pip”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchpipdisease of poultry, also of people
2Latinpipitapip, coryza
3Latinpītuītamucus, phlegm

Words derived from “pip”

Every word from Latin pītuīta →Every word from Latin pipita →Every word from Middle Dutch pip →