Where does “peasemeal” come from?
peasemeal (English) comes from English meal, from English molé, from English Moll, from English mary, from French marie, from Old French Marie, from Latin Marīa, from Ancient Greek Μαρία.
peasemeal (English): A flour produced from yellow field peas that have...
Definitions
- A flour produced from yellow field peas that have...
Ancestry of “peasemeal”, step by step
peasemeal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English meal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | meal | Food that is prepared and eaten, usually at a... |
| 2 | English | molé | Alternative spelling of mole |
| 3 | English | Moll | A pet name for Mary |
| 4 | English | mary | A male homosexual |
| 5 | French | marie | first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 6 | Old French | Marie | — |
| 7 | Latin | Marīa | Mary mother of Jesus |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | Μαρία | Mary, Maria |
| 9 | Hebrew | מִרְיָם | — |
| 10 | Aramaic | מרים | bitter |
| 11 | Biblical Hebrew | מִרְיָם | — |
via English pease
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pease | To make peace between (conflicting people, states etc.); to reconcile |
| 2 | Middle English | pese | A pea; The leguminous plant Pisum sativum;... |
| 3 | Old English | pise | pea |
| 4 | Late Latin | pisa | nominative plural of pisum; accusative plural of... |
| 5 | Latin | pīsum | pea, pease |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πίσον | Quoted by comic poet Alexis; pea, pease, seed of... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | πίσος | pea, pease, seed of "Pisum sativum" |