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Where does “peaches” come from?

Peaches comes from Middle English pechen, from Old French pesche, from Anglo-Norman empecher, from Old French empeechier, from Latin persicum, combining Latin in- and Latin in.

peaches (English): plural of peach; Third-person singular simple...

Definitions

  1. plural of peach; Third-person singular simple...

Ancestry of “peaches”, step by step

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

Words derived from “peaches”

  • bichesakwam
  • biches
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