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Where does “peas” come from?

Peas derives from Middle English po, from Old English pise, from Latin pīsos, from Ancient Greek πίσος, a legume plant.

peas (English): plural of pea

Definitions

  1. plural of pea

Ancestry of “peas”, 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"

Words derived from “peas”

  • peasy
  • pi·š
  • piz
  • pish
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