Where does “panpipes” come from?
panpipes (English) comes from English PAN, from English pantograph, from French pantographe, from French -graphe, from Latin -graphus, from Ancient Greek -γράφος, from Ancient Greek γράφω, from Proto-Hellenic grəpʰō — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
panpipes (English): An instrument consisting of a series of ten or...
Definitions
- An instrument consisting of a series of ten or...
Ancestry of “panpipes”, step by step
panpipes traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English PAN
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | PAN | Acronym of primary account number; Acronym of... |
| 2 | English | pantograph | A mechanical linkage based on parallelograms... |
| 3 | French | pantographe | pantograph |
| 4 | French | -graphe | -graph; -grapher |
| 5 | Latin | -graphus | graph |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -γράφος | writer, painter |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | γράφω | to scratch, cut into; to draw, sketch, paint; to... |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | grəpʰō | to scratch, cut or carve into |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gerbʰ- | to carve |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |
via English pipes
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pipes | plural of pipe; A single pipe organ; One's vocal... |
| 2 | English | pipe | Meanings relating to a wind instrument; Meanings... |
| 3 | Middle English | pīpe | A pipe; a piece of tubing used as a channel (often for fluids) |
| 4 | Middle English | pipen | To use a pipe or similar musical instrument; to... |
| 5 | Old English | pīpian | to pipe |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | pīpan | to peep, to chirp, to squeak |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | pīpaną | To chirp or pipe like a bird or rodent; To talk... |
| 8 | Latin | pipo | I pip, peep |