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Where does “pealike” come from?

pealike (English) comes from English pea, from English pease, from Middle English pese, from Old English pise, from Late Latin pisa, from Latin pīsum, from Ancient Greek πίσον, from Ancient Greek πίσος — pea, pease, seed of "Pisum sativum".

pealike (English): Resembling a pea

Definitions

  1. Resembling a pea

Ancestry of “pealike”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpeaA plant, Pisum sativum, member of the legume ...
2EnglishpeaseAlternative form of pea; To make peace between ;...
3Middle EnglishpeseA pea; The leguminous plant Pisum sativum;...
4Old Englishpisepea
5Late Latinpisanominative plural of pisum; accusative plural of...
6Latinpīsum—
7Ancient GreekπίσονQuoted by comic poet Alexis; pea, pease, seed of...
8Ancient Greekπίσοςpea, pease, seed of "Pisum sativum"
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