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Where does “peasy” come from?

peasy (English) comes from English peas, 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 — pea, pease, seed of "Pisum sativum".

peasy (English): Resembling or characteristic of peas

Definitions

  1. Resembling or characteristic of peas

Ancestry of “peasy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishpeasplural of pea
2EnglishpeaA plant, Pisum sativum, member of the legume ...
3EnglishpeaseAlternative form of pea; To make peace between ;...
4Middle EnglishpeseA pea; The leguminous plant Pisum sativum;...
5Old Englishpisepea
6Late Latinpisanominative plural of pisum; accusative plural of...
7Latinpīsum—
8Ancient GreekπίσονQuoted by comic poet Alexis; pea, pease, seed of...
9Ancient Greekπίσοςpea, pease, seed of "Pisum sativum"
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