Where does “peeps” come from?

peeps (English) comes from English people, from Middle English puple, from Anglo-Norman people, from Old French pople, from Latin populus, from Old Latin populus, from Old Latin poplus, from Old Latin poplos — army.

peeps (English): plural of peep; Third-person singular simple...

Definitions

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

Ancestry of “peeps”, step by step

peeps traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English people

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishpeoplea body of human beings considered generally or...
2Middle Englishpuplepeople
3Anglo-Normanpeople
4Old FrenchpopleAlternative form of pueple
5Latinpopulusa people, nation; a community of people; the...
6Old Latinpopulusa people, nation; a community of people; the...
7Old Latinpoplus
8Old Latinpoplos
9Proto-Italicpoplosarmy

via Middle English pīpe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishpīpeA pipe; a piece of tubing used as a channel (often for fluids)
2Middle EnglishpipenTo use a pipe or similar musical instrument; to...
3Old Englishpīpianto pipe
4Proto-West Germanicpīpanto peep, to chirp, to squeak
5Proto-GermanicpīpanąTo chirp or pipe like a bird or rodent; To talk...
6LatinpipoI pip, peep

Words derived from “peeps

Every word from Proto-Italic poplos
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