Where does “PIE” come from?
Pie comes from Middle English pye, from Latin pica, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European (s)peyk-, a root of uncertain semantic development.
PIE (English): A type of pastry that consists of an outer crust...
Definitions
- A type of pastry that consists of an outer crust...
Ancestry of “PIE”, step by step
PIE traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English pye
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | pye | pie; magpie; Someone who is cunning or wily |
| 2 | Old French | pié | foot |
| 3 | Latin | pēs | a foot, in its senses as |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | μέτρον | something used to measure: measure, rule, weight;... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -τρον | Forms instrument nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | -tron | Forms instrument nouns from verb stems |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
via Middle English pie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | pie | Alternative form of pye |